CN110888541A

CN110888541A - Mouse device

Info

Publication number: CN110888541A
Application number: CN201811045265.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 祝君临; 吴俊哲
Original assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd
Current assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd
Priority date: 2018-09-07
Filing date: 2018-09-07
Publication date: 2020-03-17
Anticipated expiration: 2038-09-07
Also published as: CN110888541B

Abstract

The invention provides a mouse device, which comprises a key, a switch, a linkage piece, a plate body, a supporting piece and a regulating piece, wherein a triggering part of the plate body is positioned between the linkage piece and the switch, the regulating piece is used for moving the supporting piece to enable the supporting piece to abut against a first fulcrum part or a second fulcrum part of the plate body, and when the key is pressed to enable the linkage piece to abut against the triggering part of the plate body, the triggering part swings by taking the first fulcrum part or the second fulcrum part of the plate body as a fulcrum, so that the switch is triggered.

Description

Mouse device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of input devices, in particular to a mouse device.

Background

Common input devices for computer peripherals include mouse devices, keyboard devices, trackball devices, etc., in which the mouse device can be held by a palm of a user to control the movement of a mouse cursor and can perform a pointing or executing function on an image on a computer screen according to the manipulation of the user's fingers, and thus, considerable attention has been paid.

However, in the conventional mouse device, the click force of the button is often a fixed click force designed by the designer, and the force applied by the user must be greater than the fixed click force to press the button of the mouse device, so that the click force required for pressing the button cannot be adjusted according to the preference or habit of different users. Meanwhile, as the electronic products are applied more and more widely, the users of the electronic products are more and more diversified, and the old and the children also become important users of the mouse device.

Generally, the power of the old, children and even women is smaller than that of the men, and if the mouse device is operated for a long time and the keys are pressed, the wrist is easily sore, and the growth and development of the body of the children in the growth period are undoubtedly influenced; or for a heavy player, the problem of wrist ache can also occur when the button of the mouse device is pressed by using large force for a long time; even for the white-collar people who use the mouse device for a long time, the clicking power of the mouse needs to be adjusted according to personal habits.

In view of this, taiwan patent application No. TWI430140 discloses a mouse device capable of adjusting click force according to the preference of the user, but has the following disadvantages: (1) the touch switch is not positioned in the force application direction of the user clicking the key part, namely, the clicking position of the user clicking the key part and the touch switch are in a non-vertical structural relationship, so that the idle stroke of the key part is increased along with the increase of the distance between the clicking position and the touch switch, and the hand feeling of the user clicking the key is further influenced; (2) in the process that a user adjusts the click force through the adjusting mechanism, the touch switch can move back and forth, and for the current key part meeting the specification that the key part can be pressed for millions of times, the stability of the touch switch is easily influenced by moving the touch switch, so that the use reliability is obviously reduced, and on the other hand, the problem that the flat cable between the touch switch and the circuit board is easily separated by moving the touch switch is also easily caused.

As is apparent from the above description, the conventional mouse device has room for improvement.

Disclosure of Invention

The main objective of the present invention is to provide a mouse device, especially a mouse device capable of adjusting the click force of the keys, so as to meet the operation requirements of different users.

In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a mouse apparatus, comprising:

a key;

a switch;

a linkage member arranged below the key and linked with the key;

a plate body, having a first fulcrum portion, a second fulcrum portion and a trigger portion, wherein the trigger portion is located between the linkage member and the switch, and a first spacing distance is provided between the trigger portion and the first fulcrum portion, and a second spacing distance is provided between the trigger portion and the second fulcrum portion;

a support member for supporting the plate body from bottom to top;

the adjusting piece is used for moving the supporting piece to enable the supporting piece to abut against the first fulcrum part or moving the supporting piece to enable the supporting piece to abut against the second fulcrum part; and

a shell for accommodating the switch, the plate body and the support piece;

when the key is pressed to push the linkage part against the trigger part, the trigger part swings with the first fulcrum part or the second fulcrum part as a fulcrum, and then abuts against the switch to trigger the switch.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a preferred concept of the mouse device of the present invention connected to a computer device.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an appearance structure of a mouse device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective exploded view of a portion of the mouse device shown in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective exploded view of the mouse device shown in fig. 3 at another viewing angle.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural relationship diagram of a base, a switch, a plate, a support member and an adjusting member of the mouse device shown in fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the adjusting member shown in fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a conceptual diagram of the supporting member of the mouse device shown in fig. 2 abutting against the first fulcrum portion of the plate.

Fig. 8 is a conceptual diagram of the supporting member of the mouse device shown in fig. 2 abutting against the second fulcrum portion of the plate.

Description of reference numerals:

1 computer device 2 mouse device

11 computer host 12 computer screen

21 casing 22 push-button

23 linkage 24 switch

25 plate 26 support

27 adjustment member 28 circuit board

29 extension 121 window

122 vernier 211 upper cover

212 base 213 connection

214 chute 215 housing bore

251 first fulcrum portion 252 second fulcrum portion

253 trigger 261 support perforation

271 adjuster projection 272 the other end of the adjuster

281 first circuit board through hole 282 second circuit board through hole

291 one end 292 of the extension the other end of the extension

D1 first spacing distance D2 second spacing distance

F1 first click lane F2 second click lane

Detailed Description

Please refer to fig. 1, which is a schematic diagram illustrating a preferred concept of the mouse device of the present invention connected to a computer device. In the preferred embodiment, the computer device 1 includes a host computer 11 and a computer screen 12, and the host computer 11 is connected to the mouse device 2 and the computer screen 12 respectively, although fig. 3 is a wired connection, it is not limited thereto, and may also be a wireless connection, and the computer screen 12 can display the cursor 122 and the window 121; wherein, the mouse device 2 is held and moved by the user's hand, and the host computer 11 moves the cursor 122 in the computer screen 12 according to the displacement of the mouse device 2. The detailed implementation and operation principle of the cursor 122 controlled by the mouse device 2 on the computer screen 12 by the user are well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described herein.

Referring to fig. 2 to 6, fig. 2 is an external structural schematic view of a mouse device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a partial structure of the mouse device shown in fig. 2, fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a partial structure of the mouse device shown in fig. 3 at another viewing angle, fig. 5 is a structural relationship schematic view of a base, a switch, a plate, a support member and an adjusting member of the mouse device shown in fig. 2, and fig. 6 is a structural schematic view of the adjusting member shown in fig. 2. For clarity, fig. 2 to 5 only show the single linkage 23, the single switch 24, the single plate 25, the single support 26 and the single adjustment element 27.

The mouse device 2 includes a housing 21, a plurality of buttons 22, a plurality of linkage members 23, a plurality of switches 24, a plurality of plate members 25, a plurality of support members 26, a plurality of adjustment members 27, and a circuit board 28 for electrically connecting the switches 24, wherein each button 22 corresponds to one linkage member 23, one switch 24, one plate member 25, one support member 26, and one adjustment member 27, the housing 21 includes an upper cover 211 and a base 212 for combining with the upper cover 211, and the switches 24, the plate members 25, the support members 26, and the circuit board 28 are accommodated in an accommodating space formed by the upper cover 211 and the base 212. Next, the keys 22 are located outside the upper cover 211 of the housing 21 for the user to operate and press, when any key 22 is pressed by the user, the corresponding switch 24 will be triggered, so that the circuit board 28 electrically connected to the switch 24 generates an output key 22 signal to the computer device 1 connected to the mouse device 2, thereby enabling the computer device 1 to execute the corresponding instruction or function.

Furthermore, each linkage 23 is disposed below the corresponding key 22 and is linked with the corresponding key 22, each plate 25 has a first fulcrum portion 251, a second fulcrum portion 252 and a trigger portion 253, the trigger portion 253 is located between the corresponding linkage 23 and the corresponding switch 24, a first separation distance D1 (see fig. 7) is provided between the trigger portion 253 and the first fulcrum portion 251, and a second separation distance D2 (see fig. 7) is provided between the trigger portion 253 and the second fulcrum portion 252, wherein the second separation distance D2 is greater than the first separation distance D1. In addition, each supporting member 26 supports the corresponding plate 25 from bottom to top, and each adjusting member 27 is partially exposed outside the housing 21 for the user to operate and move the corresponding supporting member 26, so that the supporting member 26 abuts against the first fulcrum portion 251 of the corresponding plate 25 or against the second fulcrum portion 252 of the corresponding plate 25, thereby adjusting the clicking force of the corresponding key 22, which will be described in detail later.

In the preferred embodiment, the mouse device 2 further includes a plurality of extending members 29 respectively corresponding to the board 25, and one end 291 of each extending member 29 is connected to the corresponding board 25, and the other end 292 of each extending member 29 extends toward the opposite direction of the triggering portion 253 of the board 25; the first fulcrum portion 251 and the second fulcrum portion 252 of the plate 25 are located between the trigger portion 253 and the extension 29 of the plate 25. Preferably, but not limited thereto, each extension 29 is integrally formed with its corresponding plate 25. In addition, the housing 21 further has a plurality of connecting portions 213, and each connecting portion 213 is connected to the base 212 and extends upward from the base 212 to be pivotally connected to the other end 292 of the corresponding extending member 29.

Furthermore, in the preferred embodiment, each supporting member 26 has a supporting member through hole 261, and one end of each adjusting member 27 has an adjusting member protrusion 271, and the adjusting member 27 is engaged with the corresponding supporting member 26 after the adjusting member protrusion 271 passes through the supporting member through hole 261 of the corresponding supporting member 26, so that when any adjusting member 27 is moved, the corresponding supporting member 26 can be linked with the adjusting member 27. In addition, in the preferred embodiment, the housing 21 further has a plurality of sliding slots 214 exposed from the base 212 and respectively corresponding to the adjusting members 27, and each sliding slot 214 is used for accommodating the other end 272 of the corresponding adjusting member 27 therein, so that the other end 272 of the adjusting member 27 can move along the sliding slot 214, and when the other end 272 of the adjusting member 27 moves along the corresponding sliding slot 214, the corresponding supporting member 26 is also linked.

In the preferred embodiment, the housing 21 further has a plurality of housing through holes 215 corresponding to the linking members 23, one end of each linking member 23 is connected to the corresponding key 22, and the other end of each linking member 23 extends toward the corresponding switch 24 and passes through the corresponding housing through hole 215 to contact the triggering portion 253 of the corresponding plate 25; each switch 24 is fixed on the circuit board 28, and is in a relative position relationship with the trigger 253 of the corresponding plate 25 and the corresponding linkage member 23 approximately vertically up and down.

In addition, in the preferred embodiment, the circuit board 28 has a plurality of first circuit board through holes 281 respectively corresponding to the extending members 29 and a plurality of second circuit board through holes 282 respectively corresponding to the supporting members 26, each of the first circuit board through holes 281 is for the other end of the corresponding extending member 29 to pass therethrough to be pivotally connected to the corresponding connecting portion 213, and each of the second circuit board through holes 282 is for the corresponding supporting member 26 to pass therethrough, and for the corresponding supporting member 26 to move therein when the corresponding supporting member 26 is linked with the adjusting member 27.

Next, how the mouse device 2 of the present disclosure can adjust the clicking force required by the button 22 by the user will be described. Referring to fig. 7 and 8, fig. 7 is a conceptual diagram of a first fulcrum portion of a supporting member of the mouse device shown in fig. 2 abutting against a plate, and fig. 8 is a conceptual diagram of a second fulcrum portion of the supporting member of the mouse device shown in fig. 2 abutting against the plate. Fig. 7 shows that the supporting member 26 abuts against the first fulcrum portion 251 of the plate 25, when the user touches the button 22, the linking member 23 pushes the triggering portion 253 at the bottom of the plate along with the linking, so that the triggering portion 253 of the plate 25 swings towards the switch 24 with the first fulcrum portion 251 of the plate 25 as a fulcrum, the extending member 29 also pivots relative to the connecting portion 213 of the housing 21, and the triggering portion 253 of the plate 25 abuts against the switch 24 to trigger the switch 24, and in addition, in fig. 7, the user at least needs to touch the button 22 with the first hitting force path F1 to trigger the switch 24. Similarly, fig. 8 shows that the supporting member 26 abuts against the second fulcrum portion 252 of the plate 25, when the user touches the button 22, the linking member 23 pushes the triggering portion 253 at the bottom of the plate along with the linking action, so that the triggering portion 253 of the plate 25 swings towards the switch 24 with the second fulcrum portion 252 of the plate 25 as the fulcrum, the extending member 29 also pivots relative to the connecting portion 213 of the housing 21, and the triggering portion 253 of the plate 25 abuts against the switch 24 to trigger the switch 24, and in addition, in fig. 8, the user at least needs to touch the button 22 with the second click path F2 to trigger the switch 24.

Since the second distance D2 between the second fulcrum portion 252 and the trigger portion 253 of the plate 25 is greater than the first distance D1 between the first fulcrum portion 251 and the trigger portion 253 of the plate 25, the second click force path F2 should be smaller than the first click force path F1 according to the lever principle, that is, the second fulcrum portion 252 of the plate 25 is abutted by the supporting member 26 in fig. 8, so that the user can trigger the switch 24 with a smaller click force compared to the case that the supporting member 26 is abutted by the first fulcrum portion 251 of the plate 25 in fig. 7. Further, based on the design of the mouse device 2 disclosed above, the user can move the adjusting element 27 to make the supporting element 26 rotate from the first fulcrum portion 251 of the supporting plate 25 to abut against the second fulcrum portion 252 of the supporting plate 25, or can move the adjusting element 27 to make the supporting element 26 rotate from the second fulcrum portion 252 of the supporting plate 25 to abut against the first fulcrum portion 251 of the supporting plate 25, thereby achieving the technical effect of adjusting the click force required by the key 22.

Specifically, each switch 24 of the mouse device 2 of the present disclosure, the triggering portion 253 of the corresponding plate 25 and the corresponding linkage member 23 are in a vertical and approximately vertical relative position relationship, so that the idle stroke of the key 22 in the process of being touched and pressed can be reduced, that is, the moving distance required by the key 22 being touched and pressed to the switch 24 to be triggered can be reduced, and the hand feeling of the user for clicking the key 22 can be further improved. Furthermore, since the switch 24 of the mouse device 2 of the present disclosure is fixed on the circuit board 28, it will not move during the process of adjusting the click force of the button 22 by the user operating the adjusting member 27, so that the button 22 has high stability and reliability, and there is no problem of the cable falling between the switch 24 and the circuit board 28.

It is understood that the above embodiments are merely examples, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications and equivalents according to the actual application requirements. For example, although the extending member 29 and the housing 21 in the above-mentioned embodiment are pivotally connected, it can be alternatively designed that the extending member 29 is fixed to the housing 21, and when the key 22 is pressed, the triggering portion 253 of the plate 25 swings like a cantilever beam with the first fulcrum portion 251 or the second fulcrum portion 252 of the plate 25 as a fulcrum. For another example, although the sliding slot 214 and a part of the adjusting element 27 are exposed to the base 212 of the housing 21 in the above embodiments, the sliding slot 214 and a part of the adjusting element 27 may be exposed to other parts of the housing 21 by different designs. For example, although the adjusting element 27 and the supporting element 26 are connected by engaging, the adjusting element 27 and the supporting element 26 may be connected by other means to achieve the effect of linkage.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the claims of the present invention, so that other equivalent changes or modifications without departing from the concept disclosed in the present invention should be included in the claims of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A mouse apparatus, comprising:

a key;

a switch;

a linkage member arranged below the key and linked with the key;

the plate body is provided with a first fulcrum part, a second fulcrum part and a trigger part, the trigger part is positioned between the linkage part and the switch, a first interval distance is reserved between the trigger part and the first fulcrum part, and a second interval distance is reserved between the trigger part and the second fulcrum part;

a support member for supporting the plate body from bottom to top;

a shell for accommodating the switch, the plate body and the support piece;

2. The mouse device of claim 1, wherein the housing has a slot exposed to the outside, and the slot is used for one end of the adjusting member to slide therein, and the other end of the adjusting member is connected to the supporting member.

3. The mouse device of claim 1, wherein the supporter has a supporter through hole, and the other end of the adjusting member has an adjusting member protrusion; the adjusting piece is clamped with the supporting piece after the convex part of the adjusting piece penetrates through the through hole of the supporting piece.

4. The mouse device of claim 1, further comprising an extension member, wherein one end of the extension member is connected to the plate, and the other end of the extension member extends in the opposite direction of the trigger portion and is pivotally connected or fixedly connected to the housing; the first fulcrum part and the second fulcrum part are arranged between the trigger part and the extending piece.

5. The mouse device of claim 4, wherein the housing has a top cover, a base and a connecting portion, the top cover is used to combine with the base, and the connecting portion extends upward from the base to connect with or fix to the extending member.

6. The mouse device of claim 4, wherein the extension is integrally formed with the plate.

7. The mouse device of claim 4, further comprising a circuit board, wherein the switch is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit board, and the circuit board generates and outputs a key signal in response to the switch being triggered; the circuit board has a first circuit board through hole, and the other end of the extending member is pivoted or fixed with the shell after passing through the first circuit board through hole.

8. The mouse device of claim 1, further comprising a circuit board, wherein the switch is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit board, and the circuit board generates and outputs a key signal in response to the switch being triggered; the circuit board is provided with a second circuit board through hole, and the second circuit board through hole is used for the support member to pass through and for the support member to move in.

9. The mouse device as claimed in claim 1, wherein one end of the linkage member is connected to the button, and the other end of the linkage member extends toward the switch for pushing the trigger portion of the plate.

10. The mouse device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the housing has a housing opening, and the other end of the linking member passes through the housing opening.