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Mechanically powered cordless pointing device

  • US 7,554,212 B2
  • Filed: 08/30/2006
  • Issued: 06/30/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer peripheral system, the system comprising:

  • a computer peripheral; and

    a mechanical input device adapted to initiate a conversion of mechanical energy to electrical energy, the computer peripheral including an energy conversion device adapted to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy, wherein the converted electrical energy provides power to at least one computer peripheral component, the mechanical input device comprising a manually displaceable ratchet mechanically coupled to a gear that is mechanically coupled to a mainspring such that the mainspring is incrementally rotated by the gear as the ratchet is advanced linearly to rotate the gear.

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