Mouse device with button feedback mechanism

• US 10,401,980 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2018
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Primax Electronics Limited
• Original Assignee: Primax Electronics Limited
• Inventors: Tsai, Yung-Ming, Wu, Chun-Che, Chou, Yi-Te, Chen, Chung-Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Long D
• Application Number:
  US15/906,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20190146600A1
• Time in Patent Office: 553 Days
• Field of Search: 345163
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0202 Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence

Abstract

A mouse device with a button feedback mechanism is provided. The mouse device includes a mouse body and a button module. The mouse body includes an upper case, a lower case and a hollow cylinder. The button module includes a button, an elastic element, an attracting element and a suspension arm. The elastic element is disposed within the hollow cylinder and located under the pressing part. The button is contacted with the elastic element. The attracting element is installed on the upper case. The suspension arm includes a connection segment and a free segment. The connection segment is penetrated through the hollow cylinder and connected with the elastic element. The free segment is located under the attracting element. Consequently, the mouse device provides the sound feedback and the touch feedback.

Claims

1. A mouse device with a button feedback mechanism, the mouse device comprising:

a mouse body comprising an upper case, a lower case and a hollow cylinder, wherein the upper cover is covered on the lower case, an accommodation space is formed between the upper case and the lower case, and the hollow cylinder is protruded from the upper case toward the accommodation space; and

a button module comprising;

at least one button covered on an outer surface of the upper cover, wherein the button comprises a pressing rod and a pressing part;

at least one sensing element disposed within the accommodation space and electrically connected with the mouse body, wherein the pressing rod is contacted with the sensing element;

at least one elastic element disposed within the hollow cylinder and located under the pressing part, wherein the pressing part is contacted with an end of the elastic element near the upper case;

at least one attracting element installed on the upper case; and

at least one suspension arm, wherein a first end of the suspension arm has a connection segment, a second end of the suspension arm has a free segment, the connection segment is penetrated through the hollow cylinder and connected with the elastic element, and the free segment is located under the attracting element, wherein when the free segment is attracted by the attracting element, the free segment is moved toward the attracting element.

2. The mouse device according to claim 1, wherein the upper case comprises an opening, and the opening is located over the hollow cylinder and in communication with an inner portion of the hollow cylinder, wherein the elastic element has a pressed end near the upper case, the pressed end is penetrated through the opening and exposed outside the upper case, and the pressing part is contacted with the pressed end.

3. The mouse device according to claim 2, wherein a guide groove is formed in a lateral wall of the hollow cylinder, wherein the guide groove is in communication with the inner portion of the hollow cylinder, the connection segment is penetrated through the guide groove and connected with the elastic element, the connection segment is movable along the guide groove, and the connection segment is located near the pressed end.

4. The mouse device according to claim 3, wherein the guide groove is formed in the hollow cylinder and located beside the button, and the guide groove is in communication with the opening.

5. The mouse device according to claim 3, wherein the mouse body further comprises at least one hollow post, and the hollow post is protruded from the upper case toward the accommodation space, wherein the attracting element is disposed within the hollow post and installed on the upper case, and the free segment is located under a bottom side of the hollow post, wherein when the free segment is attracted by the attracting element, the free segment is moved toward the bottom side of the hollow post.

6. The mouse device according to claim 5, wherein a perforation is formed in a bottom side of the hollow post, wherein when the free segment is attracted by the attracting element, the free segment is penetrated through the perforation and contacted with a bottom side of the attracting element.

7. The mouse device according to claim 5, wherein a supporting part is formed on an inner surface of the hollow post, the attracting element is disposed on the supporting part, and there is a position-limiting gap between a bottom side of the attracting element and the bottom side of the hollow post, wherein an elongated slot is formed in a lateral wall of the hollow post and in communication with an inner portion of the hollow post, the free segment is inserted into the hollow post through the elongated slot and disposed within the position-limiting gap, and the free segment is movable along the elongated slot.

8. The mouse device according to claim 3, wherein the button module further comprises at least one adjusting member, and the adjusting member comprises a screwing element and a support element, wherein the support element is disposed within the hollow cylinder and located under the elastic element to support the elastic element, and the screwing element is sequentially penetrated through the lower case and a bottom side of the hollow cylinder and connected with the support element.

9. The mouse device according to claim 8, wherein the adjusting member further comprises a screw hole in the lower case and an aperture in the bottom side of the hollow cylinder, and the screwing element comprises a head part and a thread part that is extended from the head part, wherein after the thread part is driven into the screw hole from a bottom side of the lower case, the thread part is penetrated through the aperture and connected with the support element.

10. The mouse device according to claim 9, wherein the adjusting member further comprises a sleeve and a recess, wherein the recess is formed in the lower case and located under the hollow sleeve, the sleeve is installed in the recess, the screw hole is formed in the lower case through the sleeve, and the thread part is penetrated through the sleeve and driven into the screw hole.

11. The mouse device according to claim 10, wherein the adjusting member further comprises a receiving space, wherein the receiving space is formed in the lower case, and the head part is accommodated within the receiving space.

12. The mouse device according to claim 11, wherein the recess is formed in the lower case and close to the hollow cylinder, the receiving space is formed in the lower case and away from the hollow cylinder, and the receiving space is in communication with the screw hole.

13. The mouse device according to claim 12, wherein the adjusting member further comprises a communication hole, wherein the communication hole is formed in the lower case, the thread part is further penetrated through the communication hole, the communication hole is arranged between the recess and the receiving space, and the recess and the receiving space are in communication with each other through the communication hole.

14. The mouse device according to claim 8, wherein the support element comprises a support plate, wherein a first side of the support plate is connected with a top end of the thread part, and a second side of the support plate is connected with the elastic element to support the elastic element.

15. The mouse device according to claim 14, wherein the support plate comprises a notch near the elastic element, and a bottom side of the elastic element is accommodated within the notch.

16. The mouse device according to claim 1, wherein the free segment is made of a metallic material, and the attracting element is an electromagnet.

17. The mouse device according to claim 16, wherein the button module further comprises a control unit, wherein the control unit is disposed within the accommodation space and electrically connected with the mouse body, and the control unit is electrically connected with the attracting element.

18. The mouse device according to claim 1, wherein the free segment is made of a metallic material, and the attracting element is a permanent magnet.

19. The mouse device according to claim 1, wherein the elastic element is a spring.