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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2020
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Peng Lip Goh, Singapore, SG;
Eng Kang Chng, Singapore, SG;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A mouse configured to communicatively couple to an information handling system may include an enclosure, a scroll wheel enclosed within the enclosure, with a portion of the scroll wheel extending from the enclosure, the scroll wheel configured to rotate about a first rotational axis, a scroll wheel gear mechanically coupled to the scroll wheel and configured to rotate about the first rotational axis at the same angular velocity as the scroll wheel, and a damping gear assembly. The damping gear assembly may include a damping gear enclosed with the enclosure and configured to rotate about a second rotational axis parallel to the first rotational axis of the scroll wheel and a slider enclosed within the enclosure and exposed through an opening of the enclosure proximate to the portion of the scroll wheel which is exposed through the enclosure, the slider mechanically coupled to the damping gear to enable a user to selectively engage the damping gear to the scroll wheel gear and selectively disengage the damping gear from the scroll wheel gear by interacting with the slider, such that the damping gear inhibits rotation of the scroll wheel when the damping gear is engaged with the scroll wheel gear and such that the scroll wheel rotates freely when the damping gear is disengaged from the scroll wheel gear.