Mouse with interchange capability

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10203776-B2
Application number	US-201715417117-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2017
Priority date	Jan 26, 2017
Publication date	Feb 12, 2019
Grant date	Feb 12, 2019

Abstract

A mouse with interchange capability includes a mouse body, a circuit board, an interchangeable module and a button module. The mouse body has an accommodating space, and the circuit board is disposed within the accommodating space. The interchangeable module is coupled to the circuit board. The button module is disposed on the mouse body and vertically movable. The button module has a trigger that activates the interchangeable module when the button module is clicked.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mouse with interchange capability, comprising:
a mouse body with an accommodating space;
a circuit board disposed within the accommodating space;
an interchangeable module coupled to the circuit board; and
a button module disposed on the mouse body, the button module being vertically movable and having a trigger, the trigger activating the interchange module when the button module is clicked;
wherein the circuit board is provided with a joint base and the interchangeable module is detachably disposed on the joint base;
wherein the trigger is provided with a magnetic element; and
wherein the interchangeable module is an elastic module configured to provide elastic force to the trigger, the circuit board is provided with a magnetic sensor configured to generate an analog signal, the magnetic sensor is a Hall effect sensor and the magnetic element is a magnet, the magnetic sensor and the magnetic element are arranged opposite to and spaced apart from each other in an up-down direction such that the magnetic sensor can detect a relative distance between the magnetic sensor and the magnetic element and accordingly generate the analog signal when the trigger with the magnetic element is pressed.

2. A mouse with interchange capability, comprising:
a mouse body with an accommodating space;
a circuit board disposed within the accommodating space and provided with a joint base;
an interchangeable module detachably disposed on the joint base; and
a button module disposed on the mouse body, the button module being vertically movable and comprising a trigger for activating the interchangeable module when the button module is clicked;
wherein the interchangeable module is an analog switch module configured to generate an analog signal and provided with an elastic element, a magnetic sensor, a base board, a magnetic element and a lifting board, and wherein two ends of the elastic element are respectively disposed at a bottom surface of the lifting board and a top surface of the base board, the magnetic sensor is disposed at the top surface of the base board and distal form the elastic element, the magnetic element is disposed at the bottom surface of the lifting board and distal from the elastic element, the lifting board is positioned beneath the trigger, the magnetic sensor is a Hall effect sensor and the magnetic element is a magnet, the magnetic sensor and the magnetic element are arranged opposite to and spaced apart from each other in an up-down direction such that the magnetic sensor can detect a relative distance between the magnetic sensor and the magnetic element and accordingly generate the analog signal when the lifting board with the magnetic element is pressed by the trigger.

3. A mouse with interchange capability, comprising:
a mouse body with an accommodating space;
a circuit board disposed within the accommodating space;
an interchangeable module coupled to the circuit board; and
a button module disposed on the mouse body, the button module being vertically movable and having a trigger, the trigger activating the interchange module when the button module is clicked;
wherein the interchangeable module is a switch module configured to generate an analog signal or a digital signal and provided with an elastic element, a magnetic sensor, a base board, a magnetic element, a lifting board, a micro switch and a movable switch, and wherein two ends of the elastic element are respectively disposed at a bottom surface of the lifting board and a top surface of the base board, the magnetic sensor and the micro switch are disposed at the top surface of the base board, the magnetic element is disposed at the bottom surface of the lifting board, the magnetic sensor and the magnetic element are arranged opposite to and spaced apart from each other in an up-down direction, the magnetic sensor is a Hall effect sensor and the magnetic element is a magnet, the movable switch is disposed at the bottom surface of the base board, the base board is coupled to the circuit board, the movable switch is configured to cause either the lifting board or the micro switch to be positioned beneath the trigger such that the interchangeable module selectively generates either the analog signal or the digital signal when the trigger is pressed.

4. The mouse with interchange capability according to claim 3 , wherein the movable switch is a push type switch for pushing the base board to move linearly.

Assignees

• Dexin Electronic Ltd
• Dexin Corp

Inventors

• Chen Yi-Shun

Classifications

• G06F3/03543 Primary

  Mice or pucks (G06F3/03541 takes precedence) · CPC title