Seamless mouse

• US 6,791,533 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2001
• Issued: 09/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mind Fusion, LLC (Ascend Innovation Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Behavior Tech Computer (USA) Corporation (Behavior Tech Computer Corporation)
• Inventors: Su, Chih Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): Liang, Regina
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Jennifer T.
• Application Number:
  US09/893,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20030001819A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,174 Days
• Field of Search: 345/163, 345/164, 345/165, 345/166, 345/167
• US Class Current: 345/163
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0333 Ergonomic shaped mouse for one hand
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence

Abstract

A seamless mouse comprising a base, with an embedding unit at the rear of the base, a coupling unit in it, a pair of activating troughs near its front, a touch switch in the activating trough, to receive command from the touch operation; and a top cover, at the rear of the top cover and opposite the embedding unit being a joining pin to insert into the embedding unit for fastening purpose, inside it and opposite the coupling unit being a coupling post to couple with the coupling unit, at its front and opposite the activating trough being a driving lever, and extending from the top cover itself being the formation of at least one push key. When the top cover is assembled to the base, the joining pin is fastened to the embedding unit, the coupling post is fastened to the coupling unit. When the push key is pressed, the driving lever activates the touch switch in the activating trough, to serve the function of the mouse. Furthermore, the mouse appears to have no seam, and its radial push key will have better control and operation performance.

Claims

1. A seamless mouse, comprising:

a base, the base having (a) an embedding unit at a rear portion thereof, (b) a coupling unit disposed at an interior portion of the base, and (c) a pair of activating troughs disposed at a front portion of the base, each of the activating troughs having a touch switch disposed therein; and

a top cover overlaying the base and being positionally affixed thereto, the top cover having (a) a joining pin extending downwardly from a rear underside portion thereof and engaged to the embedding unit, (b) a coupling post extending downwardly from an interior underside surface of a first portion of the top cover, the coupling post being coupled to the coupling unit, and (c) a flexible second portion of the top cover cantilevered from the first portion, the flexible second portion having a pair of push key regions defined by a front portion thereof, each of the push key regions having a driving lever extending downwardly from an underside area of the flexible second portion of the top cover corresponding to a respective push key region and in alignment with a respective touch switch;

wherein each push key region of the top cover is flexed to displace a respective driving lever into contact with the touch switch aligned therewith and returned to an unflexed state by a bias force of the top cover.