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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 29, 2024
Applicant:

Logitech Europe S.a., Lausanne, CH;

Inventors:

Maxim Vlasov, Geneva, CH;

Jan Stoeckli, Jongly, CH;

Baptiste Merminod, Dommartin, CH;

Cyril Yves Anthony Drezet, Dommartin, CH;

Nicolas Ramond, Chalet les Castor Laprau Lugrin, FR;

Jean-Claude Dunant, Fey, CH;

Assignee:

Logitech Europe S.A., Lausanne, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G05G 1/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G05G 1/08 (2013.01); G06F 3/03543 (2013.01); G05G 2700/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A peripheral device may include a body. The device may include a scroll wheel rotatably coupled with the body. The scroll wheel may include a ferromagnetic rotor. The rotor may be generally annular and may define an open interior. The rotor may define a first plurality of teeth arranged about a periphery of the open interior. The device may include a stator disposed within the open interior. The stator may define a second plurality of teeth that are alignable with the first plurality of teeth. The stator may include a plurality of electro-permanent magnets. Each of the electro-permanent magnets may be disposed within a conductive coil. The device may include a position sensor that is configured to detect an angular position of the rotor. The device may include control circuitry that controls delivery of current to the electro-permanent magnets of the stator to controls a speed of the scroll wheel.


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