# US 2013/0154932 A1 · Transformable cursor controlling apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0154932 A1 - Document ID: US20130154932A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/572,785 - Filed: 2012-08-13 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-19 - Assignees: Lite-On Technology Corporation; Silitek Electronic (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. - Inventors: EN LIU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130154932A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/03543: {Mice or pucks (G06F3/03541 takes precedence)} - G06F 2203/0333: Ergonomic shaped mouse for one hand - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A transformable cursor controlling apparatus includes a pair of housings which are a first housing and a second housing. The first housing has a first joint surface, and two sockets received therein and exploded outside the first joint surface. The second housing has a second joint surface corresponding to the first joint surface of the first housing. The second housing has an electrical connector protruded from the second joint surface and selectively inserted into one of the two sockets. A cursor controlling module is disposed in one of the pair of housings for controlling a cursor of computer. When the second housing is rotated 180 degrees related to the first housing along an axil line on the first joint surface of the first housing, the electrical connector can be inserted in the other socket. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transformable cursor controlling apparatus, comprising: a pair of housings, having a first housing and a second housing, the first housing having a first joint surface, the second housing has a second joint surface opposite to the first joint surface; two sockets, disposed in the first housing and explored outside the first joint surface, wherein the two sockets are arranged symmetrically along a center of the first joint surface; an electrical connector, disposed in the second housing and protruded outside the second joint surface, the electrical connector apart from a center of the second joint surface with a predetermined distance and selectively plugged in one of the two sockets; and a cursor controlling module, disposed in one of the two housings for controlling a cursor of computer; wherein the second joint surface of the second housing is rotated 180 degrees along a central axle related to the first joint surface of the first housing, the electrical connector is plugged in the other socket. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The transformable cursor controlling apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein two orientated directions of the two sockets are 180 degrees differential. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The transformable cursor controlling apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two sockets are USB socket, the electrical connector is a USB plug. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The transformable cursor controlling apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an auxiliary positioned structure disposed on the first joint surface of the first housing and the second joint surface of the second housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The transformable cursor controlling apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the auxiliary positioned structure includes at least one positioned post protruded from the second joint surface of the second housing, and at least one positioned hole formed on the first joint surface of the first housing, wherein the at least one positioned post and the electrical connector are apart and disposed on two ends of the second joint surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The transformable cursor controlling apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the auxiliary positioned structure includes at least one positioned post protruded from the first joint surface of the first housing, the at least one positioned hole is formed on the second joint surface of the second housing, wherein the at least one positioned hole and the electrical connector are apart and disposed on two ends of the first joint surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The transformable cursor controlling apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first housing and the second housing both are arc-shaped. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The transformable cursor controlling apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cursor controlling module is functioned in working condition, when the electrical connector is plugged in one of the two sockets on condition that the first housing and the second housing are connected into an arc posture. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The transformable cursor controlling apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cursor controlling module is turned to an idle condition, when the electrical connector is plugged in one of the two sockets on condition that the first housing and the second housing are connected into a wave posture. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The transformable cursor controlling apparatus as claimed in claim 9, further comprising another function module, the function module and the cursor controlling module are arranged in the same housing, wherein the secondary functional module is activated, when the electrical connector is plugged in one of the two sockets on condition that the first housing and the second housing are connected into a wave posture. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The transformable cursor controlling apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a bottom surface of the second housing further comprising a protruded base apart from the second joint surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The transformable cursor controlling apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a wireless receiver, the wireless receiver having a plugging portion and a wireless transceiver portion connected to the plugging portion, the plugging portion is inserted into one of the two sockets, wherein the second housing is formed with a concave portion on the second joint surface beside the electrical connector, the wireless transceiver portion of the wireless receiver is received in the concave portion.