Patent ID: 8310448
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A wheel mouse comprising: a base having a bottom hole and a first supporting element; a circuit board disposed on said base and having a board hole; a first tilt switch disposed on a first side of said circuit board; a scroll wheel; a wheel swing member disposed on said base for accommodating said scroll wheel and permitting a rotating shaft of said scroll wheel to be swung with respect to said base, wherein a first end of said wheel swing member is connected to said first supporting element, and said wheel swing member has an extension arm arranged above said first tilt switch; and a mode-switching element penetrated through said bottom hole and said board hole, and comprising an engaging part, said mode-switching element capable of being located in a first position with respect to said base and a second position with respect to said base, wherein if said mode-switching element is located in said first position, said engaging part is engaged with said extension arm so that said rotating shaft of said wheel swing member is not permitted to swing with respect to said base and said wheel mouse is in a third-axial wheel operating mode, and if said mode-switching element is located in said second position, said engaging part is separated from said extension arm, so that said rotating shaft of said wheel swing member is permitted to be swung and said wheel mouse is in a tilt wheel operating mode.