GB2403282A

GB2403282A - Computer mouse with retractable wire

Info

Publication number: GB2403282A
Application number: GB0314861A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Yu-Lin Chung
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2003-06-13
Filing date: 2003-06-25
Publication date: 2004-12-29
Also published as: FR2860309A1; FR2860309B3; DE20309192U1; GB0314861D0

Abstract

A computer mouse with a windable wire 3 comprises a housing 1 and a windable wire receiving device. The windable wire receiving device features a fixing shaft 2 mounted in the housing 1 and a mobile shaft centre 4. The wire 3 is connected to the fixing shaft 2 via a central wire fixing end 31 and wound around the fixing shaft 2 to form an inner circle structure of the wire 3, the wire 3 is then passed though a breach 41 defined in one end of the mobile shaft centre 4, to wind along a reverse direction, to change the winding direction of the wire 3, thereby forming an outer circle structure of the wire 3, the wire 3 is extended outward from an outlet of the housing and is connected to the output plug 5. There may be provided a tensile spring 6 to facilitate rapid winding of the wire 3 into the housing 1. The outer circle of the wire 3 may be wound through twice as many circles as the inner circle.

Description

1 COMPUTER MOUSE HAVING A WINDABLE OUTPUT WIRE 2 BACKGROLND OF THE

INVENTION

3 Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a computer mouse having a windable s output wire, and more particularly to a computer mouse having a windable 6 output wire, wherein the inner circle and the outer circle of the output wire are 7 in turn wound in the housing along two opposite directions in a coaxial manner, thereby reducing the volume of the housing, and saving the cost of fabrication.

g Description of the Related Art

0 A conventional computer mouse has a slender output wire which has l a first end connected into the housing of the mouse, and a second end having a 2 plug that may be connected to the main frame of the computer. However, the is output wire is long, and cannot be received in the mouse, so that a large part of 4 the output wire is exposed outward from the mouse, thereby occupying a large space, and thereby causing inconvenience in storage of the output wire. In 6 addition, the output wire is easily tangled with the other wires, thereby causing 7 inconvenience to the user.

18 SU\I\IARY OF THE INVENTION lo The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the disadvantage of the conventional computer mouse.

2 The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a z computer mouse having a windable output wire, wherein a slender output wire 23 may be stored in the housing of the computer mouse. The computer mouse 24 includes a housing, a windable wire receiving device retractably mounted in 1 the housing, and an output wire having a first end connected to the wire 2 receiving device and a second end connected to an output plug that is inserted 3 into a main frame of a computer.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a computer s mouse having a windable output wire, wherein the output wire is wound 6 around the fixing shaft center, thereby forming an inner circle structure of the 7 output wire, and is wound around a mobile shaft center, thereby forming an 8 outer circle structure of the output wire.

g A further objective of the present invention is to provide a computer lo mouse having a windable output wire, wherein the inner circle structure of the l l output wire and the outer circle structure of the output wire are along two 2 opposite directions, thereby previously leaving a wire winding space, reducing 3 the volume of the housing, and saving the cost of fabrication.

d In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a IS computer mouse having a windable output wire, comprising: a housing, a 6 windable wire receiving device retractably mounted in the housing, and an 7 output wire having a first end connected to the wire receiving device and a e second end connected to an output plug that is inserted into a main frame of a 19 computer.

The wire receiving device includes a fixing shaft center mounted in 21 the housing, the fixed shaft center is connected with a wire fixing end, the 22 output wire is fixed to the central wire fixing end, and may be extended into the 23 housing, the output wire is wound around the fixing shaft center along an outer 24 periphery of the fixing shaft center, thereby forming an inner circle structure of 1 the output wire, the output wire is passed through a breach defined in one end 2 of a mobile shaft center that covers and encompasses an outer periphery of the inner circle structure of the output wire, to wind along a reverse direction, to change the winding direction of the output wire, thereby forming an outer circle structure of the output wire, the output wire is extended outward from an 6 outlet of the housing and is connected to the output plug. I 7 Preferably, the circle number of the inner circle of the output wire is half of that of the outer circle of the output wire.

g Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become 0 apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

3 Fig. l is a perspective view of a computer mouse having a windable 4 output wire in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a computer mouse 6 having a windable output wire in accordance with the present invention, 7 wherein the output wire is stored in the housing; Is Fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the computer mouse 19 having a windable output wire in accordance with the present invention, wherein the output wire is pulled outward from Me housing; 21 Fig. 4 is a side plan cross-sectional assembly view of the computer 22 mouse having a windable output wire in accordance with the present invention; 23 and Fig. 5 is a side plan exploded view of the computer mouse having a windable output wire in accordance with the present invention.

3 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

4 Referring to the drawings and initially to Figs. 1-3, a computer s mouse having a windable output wire in accordance with a preferred 6 embodiment of the present invention comprises a housing 1, and a fixing shaft 7 center 2 mounted in the housing 1. The fixed shaft center 2 is connected with a I 8 wire fixing end 31. An output wire 3 is fixed to the central wire fixing end 3, 9 and is wound in the housing 1. The output wire 3 is wound around the fixing 0 shaft center 2 along the outer periphery of the fixing shaft center 2, thereby I forming the inner circle structure of the output wire 3 as shown in Fig. 2.

2 After the output wire 3 is wound on the fixing shaft center 2 to reach 3 the position of the inner circle structure of the fixing shaft center 2, the output 4 wire 3 is passed through a breach 41 (see Fig. 5) defined in one end of a mobile shaft center 4 that covers and encompasses the outer periphery of the inner 16 circle structure of the output wire 3, to again wind along a reverse direction as 17 shown in Fig. 2, thereby changing the winding direction of the output wire 3.

8 Thus, the output wire 3 may be wound around the outer periphery of the 19 mobile shaft center 4 along a reverse direction to change the winding direction of the output wire 3, thereby forming the outer circle structure of the output I 21 wire 3. The output wire 3 is then extended outward from the outlet 11 of the 22 housing I and is connected to an output plug 5 which may be inserted into the 23 main frame of the computer.

1 Refernug to Figs. 4 and 5, one end of the inner side of the housing 1 2 has a tensile spring 6 which is connected to the shaft 42 of one end of the 3 mobile shaft center 4. When the output wire 3 is pulled outward from the 4 housing l, a push button (not shown) may be pressed, so that the output wire 3 s can be rapidly wound into the housing l to be stored and hidden by the 6 restoring force of the tensile spring 6. The push button is a conventional 7 structure, and will not be further described in detail. I 8 According to the present invention, the fixing shaft center 2 and the g mobile shaft center 4 are co-axial. Thus, as shown in Fig. 2, the circle number lo of the inner circle of the output wire 3 is half of that of the outer circle of the I output wire 3. Namely, if the outer circle of the output wire 3 is wound through 2 ten circles, the inner circle ofthe output wire 3 only needs to be wound through 13 five circles. In comparison, the conventional wire receiving device is not 4 divided into an inner circle and an outer circle, whereby the output wire is wound in the wire receiving device along one direction only, so that the 16 volume the output wire cannot be shortened.

7 When the output wire 3 is pulled outward from the housing 1, the 8 outer circle of the output wire 3 is pulled outward through an amount of the is output wire 3, while the coaxial inner circle of the output wire 3 that is directed to the reverse direction may wind (or absorb) the same amount of the output I 2 wire 3. When the outer circle of the output wire 3 is pulled outward to the limit 22 position, and when the inner circle of the output wire 3 is to be pulled outward, 23 the inner circle of the output wire 3 will increase an amount of the output wire 24 3. Accordingly, by the design of the opposite directions of the inner circle and I the outer circle of the output wire 3 of the present invention, the volume of the computer mouse having a windable output wire of the present invention can be 3 reduced, and the housing 1 is made tohave a miniature volume without any electrical brush connection point, thereby saving the cost of fabrication.

In conclusion, in the computer mouse having a windable output wire 6 in accordance with the present invention, the inside of the housing has a 7 coaxial structure consisting of the fixing shaft center and the mobile shaft 8 center, so as to divide the output wire into the inner circle and the outer circle which are wound in the opposite directions, thereby previously leaving a wire lo winding space, reducing the volume of the housing, and saving the cost of I I fabrication.

I: Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred lo embodiment as mentioned above, it is to be understood that many other Id possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended 6 claim or claims will cover such modifications and variations that fall within the 7 true scope of the invention.

Claims

I WHAT IS CLAIMED IS: 2 1. A computer mouse having a windable output wire,

comprising: a I 3 housing, a windable wire receiving device retractably mounted in the housing, 4 and an output wire having a first end connected to the wire receiving device s and a second end connected to an output plug that is inserted into a main frame 6 of a computer.
2. The computer mouse having a windable output wire in accordance 8 with claim 1, wherein the wire receiving device includes a fixing shaft center 9 mounted in the housing, the fixed shaft center is connected with a wire fixing lo end, the output wire is fixed to the central wire fixing end, and may be 11 extended into the housing, the output wire is wound around the fixing shaft 2 center along an outer periphery of the fixing shaft center, thereby forming an 13 inner circle structure of the output wire, the output wire is passed through a Id breach defined in one end of a mobile shaft center that covers and encompasses s an outer periphery of the inner circle structure of the output wire, to wind along 16 a reverse direction, to change the winding direction of the output wire, thereby lo forming an outer circle structure of the output wire, the output wire is extended ts outward from an outlet of the housing and is connected to the output plug.

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3. The computer mouse having a windable output wire in accordance with claim 1, wherein the circle number of the inner circle of the output wire is 21 half of that of the outer circle of the output wire.