Patent ID: 7817138
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06F,H01H

Abstract:
1. A mouse having a composite switch device, said mouse comprising: a main body having an elongated concave portion in an upper surface thereof, wherein a stopping element is arranged at a short edge of said elongated concave portion; an upper cover sheltering said upper surface of said main body, and including a perforation therein; a push button received within said elongated concave portion, movable along said elongated concave portion in a horizontal direction and exposed to said perforation of said upper cover, wherein said push button includes a tongue depressor extended from an end of said push button, a clamp part and a touch part arranged on the bottom of said push button; a circuit board disposed within said main body; a multi-stage sliding switch unit electrically connected to said circuit board, and operated in a first mode or a second mode, said multi-stage sliding switch unit having a gliding arm clamped by said clamp part of said push button such that said gliding arm is moved to a first position or a second position with movement of said push button, wherein said multi-stage sliding switch unit is operated in said first mode when said gliding arm is located at said first position, and said multi-stage sliding switch unit is operated in said second mode when said gliding arm is located at said second position; and a tactile switch unit disposed on said circuit board and including a triggering part, wherein said tongue depressor of said push button is separated from said stopping element and said touch part of said push button is aligned with said triggering part of said tactile switch unit when said gliding arm is located at said first position, and said tongue depressor of said push button lies on said stopping element when said gliding arm is located at said second position.