JP3108965U - Computer mouse cover plate fastening device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cover plate fastening device for a computer mouse.
A locking device for connecting a cover plate and a center cover of a wireless computer mouse to each other, wherein the center cover is provided with a pair of fixing columns, and the cover plate is fitted to the fixing columns of the center cover. A pair of shaft holes are provided so that the cover plate is raised by rotating the fixed column around the rotation center axis or covers the battery housing groove of the center cover. A recovery spring for recovering the button is provided between the button and the inner cover. When the cover plate is closed on the middle seat cover, the cover plate can be engaged with the latch groove of the button so that the cover plate is tightly coupled to the middle seat cover. When the button is pushed inward, the latching part of the cover plate is released from the latching groove of the button, the cover plate is opened upward by the elasticity of the elastic parts, and the battery is inserted from the battery insertion / removal end of the center cover. Can be removed from the battery housing groove and replaced.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a structure of a computer mouse, and more particularly to a cover plate fastening structure of a kind of computer mouse.

  A computer mouse generally used for a computer is a peripheral device that needs to be deployed, and a cursor position on a computer screen can be controlled by moving the computer mouse. If a wired mouse is used, the mouse and the computer are connected by a signal transmission line, whereby an operation signal of the computer mouse is transmitted into the computer.

  In the connection method using the signal transmission line of the wired mouse and the computer combination apparatus described above, since the signal transmission line moves on the table as the mouse moves, the signal transmission line hinders the arrangement of the tabletop items, and the mouse rear surface. In order to solve the drawbacks of using a wired mouse, the connected signal transmission line increases the resistance of mouse movement. Therefore, a wireless mouse that does not use a signal transmission line is widely recommended and used in the market.

  A wireless mouse has a radio circuit device such as a launch / receive antenna, a carrier generator, an antenna drive amplifier, a detector, a comparator, a decoder, etc. fixed on the circuit board and mounted in the mouse body. A mouse signal is sent to a receiver of a computer by a transmission method using a radio wave by a launch / receive antenna on the substrate to control the operation of the computer.

  The above-described wireless mouse needs to provide a working voltage by a battery mounted in the mouse when the mouse signal is emitted. However, when the battery attached to such a wireless mouse runs out of electrical energy, use a screwdriver to remove the screws that fasten the upper and lower cases of the mouse body, and remove the upper and lower cases. Only after the cover plate and the inner cover are separated, the internal battery cannot be taken out, and the disassembling operation between them tends to damage the internal circuit device and easily lose parts.

  When observing the process of battery replacement of the wireless mouse described above, it is necessary to remove the screw using a tool, and to separate the cover plate and the center cover, which takes time and effort and easily loses parts. It is inconvenient, and it may affect the safety of the radio circuit device housed in the case when the upper case and lower case of the mouse are disassembled. If careless operation is performed, parts of the radio circuit device may be damaged. Parts can be lost, which can render the entire wireless mouse unusable.

  In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of disassembling the wireless mouse that makes it difficult to replace the battery and the disadvantage of damaging the wireless circuit device housed in the disassembly and losing parts, the present invention provides a computer mouse that improves this drawback. A cover plate fastening device is provided.

  The main object of the present invention is to provide a cover plate fastening device for a computer mouse, which can elastically open the cover plate upwards simply by pressing a button with a finger, requires no disassembly, and has a battery. It is convenient for replacement, battery replacement operation can be performed smoothly, and time can be saved.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for fastening a cover plate of a computer mouse. The cover plate is elastically opened by pushing a button with a finger, and the cover plate is fixed inside during the entire battery replacement process. There is no contact with the accommodated radio circuit device, and no parts are lost, thereby increasing the safety of the mouse.

The invention of claim 1 is a computer mouse cover plate fastening device,
The base,
The above-mentioned center cover, which is a center cover, has a pair of fixed columns, and one side of the center cover is a battery access side;
At least one battery receiving groove, which is formed in the middle cover, accommodates the battery, and the battery is removable from a battery loading / unloading side of the middle cover;
A cover plate having a pair of shaft holes, the shaft holes being fitted into the fixed columns of the center cover, and the cover plate being operated to open using the fixed columns as a rotation center axis; The cover plate covering the battery housing groove and having a pair of locking portions formed on the inner wall surface of the cover plate;
The button is installed on the battery entrance / exit side of the inner cover, the button has a locking groove, and when the cover plate is closed to the inner cover, the locking portion of the cover plate is the locking groove of the button. The above-mentioned button that slides into and engages and tightly couples the cover plate to the middle cover;
When the button is pressed inward, the latching part of the cover plate is removed from the latching groove of the button, the cover plate is opened upward, and the battery is A cover device for fixing a cover plate of a computer mouse, which is taken out from the housing groove and replaced.
The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that, in the computer mouse cover plate fastening device according to claim 1, an elastic part that provides upward elasticity to the cover plate is disposed between the center cover and the cover plate. It is used as a computer mouse cover plate fastening device.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the computer mouse cover plate fastening device according to the first aspect, an opening groove for accommodating the button is formed between the middle seat cover and the bottom seat, and the button is pressed in the opening groove. The computer mouse cover plate fastening device is characterized by receiving and sliding back and forth.
The invention of claim 4 is the computer mouse cover plate fastening apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a recovery spring for recovering the button is provided between the contact surface of the button and the center cover. It is used as a computer mouse cover plate fastening device.

  The present invention has the disadvantage that it takes time and effort to remove the screw and remove the cover plate and the center cover by using a tool when replacing the battery of the conventional wireless mouse, easily losing parts and damaging the circuit Has solved. The present invention does not require a tool and does not need to remove parts in the process of battery replacement, and thus has the advantages of being convenient, fast and safe.

  In the present invention, a pair of fixed pillars are provided in the middle cover of the wireless mouse, a pair of shaft holes are provided in the cover plate, the shaft holes are fitted to the corresponding fixed pillars of the middle cover, and the cover plate is It is assumed that it can be rotated and opened by receiving an operation around the fixed column, or the battery housing groove of the center cover can be shielded. The button is installed on the battery entrance / exit side of the inner cover, the button has a locking groove, and a recovery spring for recovering the button is provided between the button and the inner cover. When the cover plate is closed on the middle cover, the latching portion of the cover plate slides into and engages with the latch groove of the button, and the cover plate is tightly locked to the middle seat cover. When the button is pushed inward, the latching part of the cover plate is released from the latching groove of the button, the cover plate is opened upward by the elasticity of the elastic parts, and the battery is inserted from the battery entry / exit side of the center cover. It can be exchanged by putting it in and out of the battery housing groove.

  FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional view of a computer mouse in which the fastening device of the present invention is arranged. FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional exploded view of related parts of a computer mouse to which the present invention is applied. As shown in the figure, a computer mouse using the present invention includes a circuit board 10 on which electronic components, an integrated circuit, a mechanism assembly, and the like of a well-known computer mouse control circuit are arranged. After the related assembly is assembled to the circuit board 10, it is assembled to the bottom of the middle seat cover 11, and finally the bottom seat 13 is assembled, and the circuit board 10 is formed between the middle seat cover 11 and the bottom seat 13. Coupled and positioned in space.

  A center seat convex body 111 is formed on the upper surface of the center seat cover 11, and a pair of fixed pillars 110a and 110b projecting in the horizontal direction are provided on both side wall surfaces of the center seat convex body 111, and the fixed pillars 110a and 110b are provided. The function is to serve as a pair of fixed rotating shafts and to pivot the cover plate 14.

  3 and 4 are a bottom three-dimensional view of the cover plate 14 and a rear three-dimensional view of the center cover 11. FIG. 5 is a three-dimensional bottom view of the center cover 11 of FIG. 6 is another bottom three-dimensional view of the center cover 11 of FIG. A pair of extending arms 142a and 142b are extended from one side of the cover plate 14, and shaft holes 141a and 141b are formed at the front ends of the extending arms 142a and 142b, respectively. The shaft holes 141a and 141b of the cover plate 14 are fitted to the fixed columns 110a and 110b of the middle convex body 111 of the inner cover 11, so that the cover plate 14 has the fixed columns 110a and 110b as rotation center axes. The battery is opened upon receiving the user's operation or covers the battery entrance / exit side 11 a of the inner cover 11.

  When the cover plate 14 is raised by rotating the fixed columns 110a and 110b around the rotation center axis, the maximum angle of rotation is determined by the extending arms 142a and 142b of the cover plate 14 and the position limit angles 112a and 112b on the inner cover 11. Is done.

  The power for the cover plate 14 to rotate around the fixed columns 110 a and 110 b of the inner cover 11 is provided by the elastic component 15. The elastic component 15 includes a cover plate contact section 151, a power arm section 152, an insertion positioning end 153, and a coiled structure 154. Of these, the cover plate contact section 151 is preferably an arcuate structure. 14 is in close contact with the groove 143 in the inner wall surface. The insertion positioning end 153 of the elastic part 15 is inserted into a hole 115 provided in the middle cover 11, whereby the elastic part 15 is coupled and positioned to the middle cover 11. The power arm section 152 of the elastic component 15 and the inclined surface 114 at the rear part of the inner cover 11 are in close contact with each other.

  With the arrangement described above, when the cover plate 14 rotates around the fixing pillars 110a and 110b of the inner cover 11, the relative tension angle between the cover plate contact section 151 and the power arm section 152 of the elastic component 15 is thereby reduced. It changes from large or large to small, thereby generating elasticity and applying it to the cover plate 14.

  A button 16 is installed on the battery entrance / exit side 11 a of the inner cover 11, and the position of the button 16 is in an open groove 131 formed between the bottom end of the intermediate cover 11 and the bottom seat 13, and the open groove 131. Slide in response to an operation. The structure of the button 16 has a plurality of planes (see also FIG. 7). Among them, the upper surface 164 of the button 16 and the groove surface 118b of the inner cover 11 are in contact with each other, and the pressure contact surface 162 of the button 16 and the inner cover are in contact with each other. 11, the side wall surface 161 a of the button 16 and the side surface 116 a of the middle cover 11 are in contact with each other, another side wall surface 161 b of the button 16 and another side surface 116 b of the middle seat cover 11 are in contact with each other, and the button The pressing surface 167 of the 16 is subjected to pressing by the user's finger, the guide column 165 of the button 16 and the U-shaped groove 119a of the inner seat cover 11 come into contact, and thus the button 16 constitutes the inner seat cover 11 and the bottom seat 13. The inside of the open groove 131 can be slid.

  The force with which the button 16 slides is derived from the pressing force of the user's finger and the elasticity of the recovery spring 17. The recovery spring 17 has a coiled structure and is fitted to the guide column 165 of the button 16. The front end 171 is abutted.

  On the contact surface 119 (FIG. 7) of the inner cover 11, the rear end 172 of the recovery spring 17 contacts the contact surface 166 of the button 16, and the fixed end 173 of the spring is inserted into the hole 168 of the button 16. When the button 16 is pushed by a finger and moves forward to compress the recovery spring 17, the recovery spring 17 generates outward elasticity, and when the finger pressing force is released, the button 16 generates the recovery spring 17. It moves backward under the action of outward elasticity.

  After the double button 18 is assembled to the inner cover 11 and the electrode spring 19 is assembled into the concave grooves 144a and 144b on the inner wall surface of the cover plate 14, the whole is further assembled to the inner cover 11 and further elastic. After the component 15 is assembled and the recovery spring 17 is assembled to the button 16, it is also assembled to the inner cover 11, and the circuit board 10 is assembled to the bottom of the intermediate cover 11 after assembling the related components. Finally, the bottom seat 13 is assembled. The bottom seat 13 and the middle seat cover 11 are joined by positioning the positioning posts 132a, 132b, 132c, 132d (FIG. 8) and the middle seat cover 11, and then the two seats 133a and 133b of the middle seat 11 in the middle seat cover 11. Engagement of the two locking portions 111c and 111d, and by passing screws through the two screw columns 111e and 111f of the inner cover 11 and the screwing portions 134a and 134b of the bottom seat 13, respectively. The product is completed by combining the parts.

  This product is a product that realizes data transmission with a computer using wireless electrical signals. Therefore, the circuit of this product is an entire circuit system composed of circuits such as a signal generation circuit, a signal emission circuit and a signal reception circuit. The entire circuit system is powered by a battery and needs to be replaced after the battery is used.

  The product inner cover 11 has two battery housing grooves 111a and 111b. When the product is used, the batteries 20 and 21 are housed in the two battery housing grooves 111a and 111b, respectively. Are closed (see FIGS. 1 and 10). The realization of the closing function of the cover plate 14 generates an effect that the cover plate 14 rotates by a combination of the two shaft holes 141a and 141b of the cover plate 14 and the two fixing pillars 110a and 110b of the inner cover 11. The other end of the cover plate 14 is fixed by locking the two locking portions 145a and 145b of the cover plate 14 in the locking groove 163 of the button 16. In this way, the cover plate 14 is firmly fixed, the batteries 20 and 21 are accommodated and positioned in the battery accommodating grooves 111a and 111b, and the circuit is conducted, thereby supplying electric energy necessary for the entire circuit device operation. .

  When the battery is used and the battery needs to be replaced, when the button 16 is pushed with a finger, the button 16 is press-fitted in a predetermined stroke, the recovery spring 17 is compressed, and the locking portions 145a and 145b of the cover plate 14 are compressed. Is released from the locking groove 163 of the button 16, the rear end of the cover plate 14 loses pressure, and is elastically moved by the elastic component 15, so that the cover plate 14 is pushed upward by the cover plate contact section 151 of the elastic component 15. It is opened (FIGS. 9 and 11).

  When the cover plate 14 is opened, the batteries 20 and 21 can be taken out from the battery housing grooves 111a and 111b of the inner cover 11, and new batteries can be inserted into the battery housing grooves 111a and 111b. Thereafter, when the cover plate 14 is pushed with a finger, the cover plate 14 rotates downward with the axis formed by the fixing pillars 110a and 110b of the inner cover 11, and simultaneously compresses the elastic component 15, so that the cover plate 14 is fixed. When rotated to an angle, the slopes 146a and 146b of the locking portions 145a and 145b of the cover plate 14 are pressed through the slope 169 of the button 16, and the opening groove formed by the middle seat cover 11 and the bottom seat 13 is pressed against the button 16. When the recovery spring 17 is compressed and moved forward in 131 and the cover plate 14 is pushed to the end, the locking portions 145a and 145b of the cover plate 14 are engaged in the locking grooves 163 of the button 16, The button 16 moves rearward under the elastic action of the recovery spring 17 to lock the cover plate 14, and the entire battery replacement process is completed.

  During the battery replacement process described above, no tools are needed and no parts need to be removed, which is convenient, fast and safe, which is an advantage of the present invention.

  The above embodiments have been presented to specifically describe the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but may be modified in detail or based on the above description and drawings. Any modifications shall belong to the claims of the present invention.

It is a three-dimensional view of the computer mouse which has arranged the stop device of the present invention of the present invention. It is the three-dimensional exploded view at the time of separation of the related parts of the computer mouse of FIG. FIG. 3 is a bottom three-dimensional view of the cover plate of FIG. 2. FIG. 3 is a rear three-dimensional view of the center cover of FIG. 2. FIG. 3 is a bottom three-dimensional view of the center cover of FIG. 2. It is another bottom three-dimensional view of the center cover of FIG. FIG. 3 is another three-dimensional view of the button of FIG. 2. FIG. 3 is a top view three-dimensional view of the bottom seat of FIG. 2. It is a three-dimensional view when the cover plate of the present invention is opened upward. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along 10-10 in FIG. 1. It is 11-11 sectional drawing of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

10 Circuit board 11 Center cover 11a Battery entry / exit side 110a, 110b Fixed column 111 Middle seat convex body 111a, 111b Battery housing groove 111c, 111d Locking part 111e, 111f Position limit angle 114 Slope 115 Hole 116a Side 116b Side surface 118a Slide surface 118b Groove surface 119 Contact surface 119a U-shaped groove 13 Bottom seat 131 Open groove 132a, 132b Positioning column 132c, 132d Positioning column 133a, 133b Locking portion 134a, 134b Screw stop portion 14 Cover plate 141a, 141b Shaft Hole 142a, 142b Extending arm 143 Groove 144a, 144b Recessed groove 146a, 146b Slope 15 Elastic part 151 Cover plate contact section 152 Power arm section 153 Insertion positioning end 154 Coiled structure 16 Button 1 1a Side wall surface 161b Side wall surface 162 Contact surface 163 Locking groove 164 Upper surface 165 Guide column 166 Contact surface 167 Press surface 168 Hole 169 Slope 17 Recovery spring 171 Front end 172 Rear end 173 Fixed end 18 Double button 19 Electrode springs 20, 21 battery

Claims (4)

In a computer mouse cover plate fastening device,
The base,
The above-mentioned center cover, which is a center cover, has a pair of fixed columns, and one side of the center cover is a battery access side;
At least one battery receiving groove, which is formed in the middle cover, accommodates the battery, and the battery is removable from a battery loading / unloading side of the middle cover;
A cover plate having a pair of shaft holes, the shaft holes being fitted into the fixed columns of the center cover, and the cover plate being operated to open using the fixed columns as a rotation center axis; The cover plate covering the battery housing groove and having a pair of locking portions formed on the inner wall surface of the cover plate;
The button is installed on the battery entrance / exit side of the inner cover, the button has a locking groove, and when the cover plate is closed to the inner cover, the locking portion of the cover plate is the locking groove of the button. The above-mentioned button that slides into and engages and tightly couples the cover plate to the middle cover;
When the button is pressed inward, the latching part of the cover plate is removed from the latching groove of the button, the cover plate is opened upward, and the battery is A cover plate fastening device for a computer mouse, wherein the device is removed from the housing groove and replaced.   2. The computer mouse cover plate fastening apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an elastic part that provides upward elasticity to the cover plate is disposed between the middle cover and the cover plate. apparatus.   2. The computer mouse cover plate fastening device according to claim 1, wherein an opening groove for accommodating the button is formed between the middle seat cover and the bottom seat, and the button slides back and forth in response to a pressing operation in the opening groove. A computer mouse cover plate fastening device. 2. The computer mouse cover plate fastening device according to claim 1, wherein a recovery spring for restoring the button is provided between the contact surface of the button and the center cover. apparatus.

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