TW201905644A - Mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is an upper housing, a lower housing, a circuit board, at least one switch base and at least one switch-accommodating space. At least one button is configured on the upper housing of the mouse. The circuit board is configured inside the mouse. The switch base is configured to support a switch module, and the switch-accommodating space is configured to accommodate the switch base and the switch module. The lower housing of the mouse has a gripper means accommodating space for accommodating a gripper means. When a user tends to replace as old switch module with a new one, he user can just grab the gripper means from the gripper means accommodating space and withdraw the switch module easily by using the gripper means.

Description

 Mouse  

The present invention relates to a mouse, and more particularly to a mouse that is convenient for a user to replace a micro switch.

The input devices of existing computer equipment, the most common are the keyboard and the mouse. Most current mice have two buttons on the left and right, and a wheel button located between the left and right buttons. In recent years, more and more kinds of video games have been loved by people, and many of them have become master players in various video games. Recently, these master players often use the live webcast to publicly play the game live, so that they bring together a very high popularity, and even some players choose to play because of their superb control skills or know how to use good game strategies. Video games are used as official careers as e-sports players.

For many computer game players, after a game, the mouse may be pressed hundreds of times or even pressed thousands of times, causing the mouse button to be excessively depleted, resulting in insensitive compression. The feel of the mouse button load is determined by the micro switch set in the mouse. Therefore, if you want to adjust the feel of the mouse button load according to individual needs, the player needs to change the micro switch suitable for himself. However, the mouse's micro switch is set inside the mouse, and it is not easy for the player to change the mouse's micro switch by hand.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a mouse including an upper casing, a lower casing, a circuit board, at least one switch base, and at least one switch accommodation space. The upper housing of the mouse has at least one button. The circuit board is placed in the housing of the mouse. The switch base is used to carry the switch module, and the switch receiving space is used for accommodating the switch base and the switch module. The lower housing of the mouse has a gripping device accommodating space, and the gripper is accommodated in the gripping device accommodating space of the lower housing of the mouse. The user can easily remove the switch base carrying the switch module by using the gripper to replace the switch module.

In one of the embodiments of the present invention, the lower housing of the mouse has a recess having a shape corresponding to the bottom of the switch base. When the switch base passes through the recess to be received in the switch receiving space, the switch base is locked to the lower casing through the at least one lock. In addition, the two sides of the groove of the lower casing of the mouse have a hole position. When the switch module is to be replaced, the user can remove the switch base carrying the switch module by simply passing the gripping portion of the gripper through the holes and holding the switch base.

In one embodiment of the invention, the mouse further includes a sensor base and a sensor housing space. The sensor base is used to carry the sensor, and the sensor accommodation space is for accommodating the sensor base and the sensor. In this embodiment, the lower housing of the mouse has another recess that is shaped to correspond to the bottom of the sensor base. When the sensor base passes through the recess to be received in the sensor accommodation space, the sensor base is locked to the lower casing through the at least one fastener. In addition, the two sides of the groove of the lower casing of the mouse have a hole position. When the sensor is to be replaced, the user can take the sensor base of the sensor by simply passing the gripping portion of the gripper through the holes and holding the sensor base. under.

The detailed description of the present invention and the accompanying drawings are to be understood by the claims The scope is subject to any restrictions.

10‧‧‧Upper casing

10a, 10b, 10c‧‧‧ buttons

20‧‧‧ Lower case

22‧‧‧Switch base

24‧‧‧Locker

25‧‧‧ Groove

26‧‧‧ hole position

28‧‧‧Clipper

28a‧‧‧Capture Department

28b, 28c‧‧‧ grip

29‧‧‧Clipper housing space

29a‧‧‧Bumps

SW‧‧‧ switch module

1A-1B are schematic views of a mouse provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

2A-2D are schematic diagrams showing the replacement of the switch module by the mouse provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

3A-3D are two top views and two side views of a switch base carrying a switch module in a mouse provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

4A and 4B are schematic views of the bottom of the mouse provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

Various illustrative embodiments are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the inventive concept may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the illustrative embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these exemplary embodiments are provided so that this invention will be in the In the figures, like numerals are used to indicate like elements.

Referring to FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B, FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are schematic diagrams of a mouse provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1A, the mouse provided in this embodiment has a casing. For convenience of description, in the following description, the casing of the mouse is divided into two parts, an upper casing 10 and a lower casing 20, for illustration. . The upper mouse housing 10 has at least one button. The mouse provided in this embodiment has buttons 10a-10c. The buttons 10a-10c can be, for example, a commonly known mouse right button, a mouse left button and a wheel button, but the invention is not limited thereto. A circuit board is disposed in the housing of the mouse. As is well known to those skilled in the art, the circuit board provided in the housing of the mouse is used to control the overall operation of the mouse, and details are not described herein. .

Next, as shown in FIG. 1B, the mouse has a lower casing 20, a switch base 22, a switch accommodation space (not shown), and a gripper 28. The switch base 22 of the mouse is used to carry a switch module (not shown). The switch module referred to herein can be exemplified by a micro switch that determines the load feeling of the mouse button in the mouse. Different types of micro switches have different click lives, such as: 20 million hits or 50 million clicks. The switch accommodating space of the mouse is for accommodating the switch base 22 and the switch module. When the switch base 22 carries the switch module and the switch base 22 and the switch module are accommodated in the switch receiving space of the mouse, the switch module can be connected to the circuit board disposed in the mouse case through a connector. For example, the connector referred to herein may be a spring piece made of a conductive material, but the invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, the lower case 20 of the mouse has a gripper accommodating space 29. The gripper receiving space 29 is for accommodating a gripper 28. The gripper 28 can be removed by the gripper housing space 29 by hand and used to remove the switch base 22 carrying the switch module for replacement of the switch module.

The biggest advantage of the mouse provided in this embodiment is that the user can remove the gripper 28 of the gripper receiving space 29 by hand, and the switch base carrying the switch module can be easily used by the gripper 28. 22 Remove to replace the switch module. As shown in FIG. 1B, the lower mouse housing 20 has a recess (not shown in FIG. 1B) having a shape corresponding to the bottom of the switch base 22. Usually, when the user does not replace the switch module with the mouse, the switch base 22 passes through the groove and is accommodated in the switch receiving space. In order to prevent the switch base 22 from falling off, the switch base 22 is through at least one fastener. 24 is locked to the lower housing 20 of the mouse. The lock 24 referred to herein may be exemplified by a screw, but the invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the switch base 22 can also be fastened to the lower housing 20 of the mouse through at least one snap member (not shown).

2A-2D, FIG. 2A to FIG. 2D are schematic diagrams showing the replacement of the switch module by the mouse provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

When the user wants to replace the switch module of the mouse, as shown in FIG. 2A, the user first removes the lock 24 for the switch base 22 to fall off. Next, as shown in FIG. 2B, after the fastener 24 is removed, the user can easily remove the switch base 22 carrying the switch module by using the gripper 28.

For further explanation, please refer to FIG. 4A first. FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram of the bottom of the mouse provided by the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4A, in the present embodiment, the gripper 28 of the mouse has a gripping portion 28a and grip portions 28b, 28c, and the gripping portion 28a of the gripper 28 is in the shape of a snap to open the switch base. 22, the grip portions 28b, 28c of the gripper 28 are pulled in a ring shape for the user to hold, but the present invention does not limit the shape of the grip portions 28b, 28c of the gripper 28, as long as It is a shape that is easy for the user to hold. As shown in FIG. 2B, the two sides of the recess 25 of the lower housing 20 of the mouse have a hole position 26. After the lock 24 is removed, the user only needs to grasp the grip portion 28a of the gripper 28. Through the holes 26 and the two sides of the switch base 22 can be fastened by the gripping portion 28a of the gripper 28, as shown in FIG. 2C and FIG. 2D, the user can easily carry the switch. The switch base 22 of the module SW is taken out from the switch accommodating space and replaced with a switch module SW suitable for the user.

3A-3D, FIG. 3A to FIG. 3D are two side views and two side views of a switch base carrying a switch module in a mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 3A-3D, the switch module SW is carried on the switch base 22.

Finally, please refer to FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B simultaneously, FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B are schematic diagrams showing the bottom of the mouse provided by the embodiment of the present invention. In order to prevent the gripper 28 from falling out of the gripper housing space 29 of the lower mouse housing 20, as shown in FIG. 4B, the gripper housing space 29 is designed to have a shape corresponding to the recess of the gripper 28. The groove has a width which is designed to be slightly smaller than the width of the gripper 28, but a plurality of small projections 29a are provided in the groove. These small projections 29a are arranged such that the gripper 28 can be simply snapped into the gripper housing space 29 without accommodating the space from the gripper 29 because the mouse body is shaken or moved. Fall off.

It is also worth noting that the grip portion 28b for accommodating the accommodating gripper 28 in the gripper accommodating space 29 is designed as an elliptical groove as shown in FIG. 4B. The groove can facilitate the user to take the gripper 28 out of the gripper housing space 29. The user can easily take the gripper 28 out of the gripper accommodating space 29 by inserting the finger into the elliptical groove and pulling the gripper 28 outward.

In addition, in another embodiment, the mouse may further include a sensor base (not shown) and a sensor housing space (not shown). In this embodiment, the sensor base is used to carry a sensor, and the sensor referred to here can be exemplified by an optical sensor or a laser sensor generally used in a mouse, but the present invention This is not limited.

In this embodiment, the lower mouse housing 20 also has another recess corresponding in shape to the bottom of the sensor base. Usually, when the sensor of the mouse does not need to be replaced, the sensor base passes through. The groove is accommodated in the sensor housing space. At the same time, in order to prevent the sensor base from falling off, the sensor base is locked to the lower housing 20 of the mouse through at least one fastener. The locker referred to herein may be exemplified by a screw, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Similar to the recess 25 of the lower housing 20 described in the previous embodiment, in this embodiment, the recess is located below the mouse housing 20 and has a shape corresponding to the bottom of the sensor base. It has a hole on each side. When the user wants to replace the sensor of the mouse, the user in the foregoing embodiment uses the gripper 28 to remove the switch base 22 carrying the switch module SW, and the user only needs to clamp the switch. The gripping portion 28a of the device 28 passes through the holes and holds the sensor base, so that the sensor base carrying the sensor can be easily removed to replace the mouse sensor.

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In summary, the mouse provided by the present invention can facilitate the user to replace the micro switch, which has at least the following advantages: First, in the present invention, the shape of the gripper, the shape of the switch base, and the lower housing of the mouse The design of the upper hole position enables the user to easily remove the sensor base carrying the sensor by using the gripper to replace the mouse sensor without complicated disassembly of the mouse. step.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the design of the gripping device accommodating space allows the user to easily remove the gripper placed in the accommodating space of the gripper, and the gripper is placed in the gripper. When the device is placed in a space, it is not lost due to the easy movement of the mouse body by shaking or moving.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

 A mouse includes: a casing having at least one button, at least one switch accommodating space and a gripping device accommodating space; a circuit board disposed in the casing; at least one switch base for carrying a switch a module, wherein the switch base and the switch module are received in the switch receiving space of the housing; and a gripper is received in the gripping device housing space of the housing, the clip The picker is configured to remove the switch base carrying the switch module to perform replacement of the switch module.    The mouse of claim 1, wherein the gripper has a gripping portion and a grip portion, and the gripping portion has a snap shape.    The mouse of claim 1, wherein a plurality of bumps are disposed in the gripping space of the gripper.    The mouse of claim 1, wherein when the switch base carries the switch module, the switch module is connected to the circuit board through a connector.    The mouse of claim 2, wherein the bottom of the housing has a recess corresponding to the bottom of the switch base, and the switch base passes through the recess to accommodate the switch receiving space. The switch base is locked to the bottom of the housing through at least one fastener.    The mouse of claim 5, wherein the groove has a hole on each side of the bottom of the casing, and when the fastener is removed, the gripping portion of the gripper is worn. Passing the holes and holding the switch base to remove the switch base carrying the switch module.    The mouse of claim 6, further comprising: a sensor base for carrying a sensor; and a sensor housing space for accommodating the sensor base and the sense Detector.    The mouse of claim 7, wherein the bottom of the housing has another recess corresponding in shape to the bottom of the sensor base, and the sensor base passes through the recess for receiving The sensor housing space is through the at least one fastener, and the sensor base is locked to the bottom of the housing.    The mouse of claim 8, wherein the two sides of the groove at the bottom of the housing each have a hole, and the gripping portion of the gripper passes through the holes and holds the hole A sensor base to remove the sensor base carrying the sensor.    The mouse of claim 7, wherein when the sensor base carries the sensor, the sensor is connected to the circuit board through another connector.