System and method for a mouse with magnetic scroll wheel
US12210694B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 1, 2023 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K2217/96062
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mouse having a mouse magnetic scroll wheel device operatively couplable to an information handling system comprising a mouse microcontroller, a mouse power management unit, and an encoder where the mouse magnetic scroll wheel device includes a scroll wheel with a scroll wheel outer surface, an axle, and a hollowed out core portion of a scroll wheel structure and the axle is operatively coupled to the encoder to record scrolling input from a user. A cradle to receive the scroll wheel such that the scroll wheel is rotatable in the cradle. The scroll wheel has a scroll wheel metal gear and a scroll wheel permanent magnet disposed in the hollowed out core portion where magnetic interaction of the teeth of the scroll wheel metal gear and the permanent magnet as the scroll wheel rotates generates a magnetic haptic feedback for the scroll wheel.
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