Wireless Mouse Receiver Storage Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional wireless mouse receivers are inconvenient to store and retrieve, as they require users to manually grip and insert them into the mouse body, causing discomfort during storage and removal.

Innovation Solution

A wireless mouse design featuring a cover shell that selectively accommodates the receiver within a receiving portion, using a pivot structure, magnetically attracting elements, or engagement mechanisms, allowing the receiver to be stored within the mouse body and easily exposed for use by rotating or separating the cover shell.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the receiver is stored within the mouse body, then the receiver is protected and organized, but the user must manually grip and insert the receiver which creates inconvenience

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvenience of storing and retrieving receiverVSAvoidstructure for accommodating receiver

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The receiver is nested within a dedicated receiving portion inside the mouse body, creating a compact storage solution where the receiver fits securely within the existing mouse structure without requiring external containers or complex mechanisms

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

A cover shell is introduced as an intermediary component that provides a user-friendly interface for accessing the receiver. The cover shell can be opened to expose the receiver for easy retrieval or closed to secure the receiver within the receiving portion, mediating between the user and the stored receiver

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If the receiver is exposed on the cover shell, then the user can easily pick it up, but the receiver is not protected when not in use

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of picking up receiverVSAvoidsecurity of stored receiver

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The cover shell is designed to be dynamically movable between an open position (exposing the receiver for easy access) and a closed position (securing the receiver within the receiving portion). This dynamic structure allows the system to adapt between providing easy access and providing secure protection based on user needs

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS9143174B2Wireless mouse

Publication Date: 2015.09.22 LITE ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LTD

AI summary

A wireless mouse suitable for accommodating a receiver is disclosed. The wireless mouse comprises a mouse body, and a cover shell. The mouse body includes an upper casing, and a lower casing fixed to the upper casing. The lower casing has a receiving portion. The cover shell selectively covers the lower casing. The receiver is removably fixed on the cover shell corresponding to the position of the receiving portion. When the receiver is fixed on the cover shell and the cover shell covers the lower casing, the receiver is accommodated in the receiving portion.