IP Library Granted Patent US 8,044,935
Granted Patent B2
US 8,044,935 · App. 12/171,423 · Granted Oct 25, 2011

Scroll wheel device for a computer mouse having a breaking mechanism

Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.
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Patent No.
US 8,044,935
App. No.
12/171,423
Granted
Oct 25, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scroll wheel device for computer mouse is disclosed, which comprises: a scroll wheel, having a scraggly structure formed in the interior thereof; and an adjusting unit. In an exemplary embodiment, the scraggly structure can be a sawtooth-like structure patterned on a circumferential area of a hollowed portion formed inside the scroll wheel; and an adjusting unit is further comprised of an adjusting rod and a braking part, in which the braking part, being made of an elastic material, can be an elastic strip; and the adjusting rod is formed with screw thread. Thereby, by rotating the adjusting rod, the braking part is driven to move along the adjusting rod in response to the rotation of screw thread so that the relative position of the braking part with respect to the scraggly structure is changed accordingly and thus the braking mode of the scroll wheel device is changed. Therefore, simply by rotating the adjusting rod, the braking mode of the scroll wheel device can be adjusted for customizing the scroll wheel device to cope with varying preferences of different users.

Claims (7)

1. A scroll wheel device for a computer mouse, comprising:

a scroll wheel, having a scraggly structure formed therein, being a sawtooth-like structure formed on a circumferential area of a hollowed portion formed inside the scroll wheel; and

an adjusting unit, comprising:

an adjusting rod formed with a screw thread thereon; and

a braking part, capable of being moved by the rotation of the adjusting rod and thus changing its relative position with respect to the scraggly structure, wherein the braking part abutted against the scraggly structure so as to stop the scrolling wheel.

2. The scroll wheel device of claim 1 , wherein the braking part is made of an elastic material.

3. The scroll wheel device of claim 1 , wherein the braking part is an elastic strip.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2008
From: HSU, TE-PING
To: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 96212629 U · Aug 1, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090033640A1 · Feb 5, 2009