Translational Mouse Button Module for Uniform Click Force
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mouse button designs require a long deflection stroke and specific pressing positions, leading to inconsistent pressing pressure and a complicated structure that complicates manufacturing.
Innovation Solution
A translational mouse button module that allows the button plate to move in translation via a side-by-side component with swing beams, eliminating the need for specific pressing positions and maintaining a simple structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the button plate is integrally connected to the casing at one end, then the structure is simple, but the button plate can only swing up and down with the connection joint as the axis, requiring a long deflection stroke and specific pressing positions
Solution Approach 1:
The button plate is divided into multiple parts: a pressing part and two connecting parts (first and second button plate connecting parts). The connecting parts are separately connected to the frame body via swing beams, while the pressing part remains free for user interaction. This segmentation allows the button plate to translate rather than swing, eliminating the need for long deflection strokes and specific pressing positions.
2Ease of manufacture
If the button plate is integrally connected to the casing, then manufacturing is simple, but different pressing positions require different pressing pressure
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the button plate into a pressing part and connecting parts, the pressing force is distributed uniformly across the pressing part regardless of where the user presses. The connecting parts transmit this force through swing beams to the frame body, ensuring consistent pressing pressure registration while maintaining manufacturing simplicity.
3Ease of operation
If existing improvements are made to address the pressing position issue, then pressing experience improves, but the structure becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The button plate is segmented into a pressing part and two connecting parts positioned at opposite ends. This segmentation, combined with the side-by-side swing beam configuration, achieves translational movement that provides consistent pressing experience across the entire button plate surface without requiring complex mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The button plate movement is changed from rotational swinging (one-dimensional arc motion) to translational movement (linear motion in another dimension). This dimensional change is achieved through the side-by-side swing beam configuration, which converts the rotational motion into linear translation, providing consistent pressing characteristics across the button plate.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables consistent pressing force and stroke across the button plate, improving user experience and simplifying manufacturing by reducing structural complexity.
Implementation Method 1
the first swing beam and the second swing beam are respectively rotatably bridged between the first frame body connecting part and the first button plate connecting part, and between the second frame body connecting part and the second button plate connecting part
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AI summary
A mouse device may include a casing and a traditional mouse button module arranged therein. The translational mouse button module may include: a frame body with first and second frame body connecting parts; a button plate with a pressing part and a first and second button plate connecting part; and a pressing switch with a button for the pressing part to abut against correspondingly. A side-by-side component may include first and second swing beams arranged side by side, that are respectively rotatably bridged between the first frame body connecting part and the first button plate connecting part, and between the second frame body connecting part and the second button plate connecting part. The button plate can be pulled by the side-by-side component to move in translation.