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Mouse with replaceable push panel

US6650316B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 28, 2001
Grant dateNov 18, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2203/0333
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mouse with replaceable push panel comprising a push panel and a base unit. At an appropriate position of the base unit, such as its front or its rear, there is at least one embedding unit, the embedding unit having a trough, at the bottom of the trough being a check unit, on the push panel and opposite the embedding unit being a fastening key, at the end of the fastening key being a cone-shaped fastening unit. When the push panel is joined to the base unit, the fastening key penetrates the trough of the embedding unit, and its cone-shaped fastening unit is then fastened to the check unit, or they may also be pulled apart by separate the push panel from the base unit, for the purpose of convenient replacement of the push panel. Besides, inside the push panel can be installed a battery compartment to accommodate a battery for its application to a wireless mouse.

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