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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2023
Logitech Europe S.a., Lausanne, CH;
Nuno Miguel Pereira Dos Anjos Valverde, Bandon, IE;
Florent Berney, Echallens, CH;
James O'connor, Cork, IE;
Cyril Yves Anthony Drezet, Dommartin, CH;
Vasco Eugenio Michele Foletti, Lausanne, CH;
Logitech Europe S.A., Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
In some embodiments, a computer mouse comprises a housing, a multi-tiered and depressible keyplate including a first tier and a second tier, a haptic element, a subchassis configured to support and directly couple the haptic element to a bottom surface of the first tier of the keyplate, and a sensor (e.g., force sensor, keypress detection sensor, and the like). In some cases, when depressed by a threshold distance, the second tier of the multi-tiered depressible keyplate makes contact with the sensor, causing the sensor to detect that the multi-tiered depressible keyplate is depressed. In some aspects, the multi-tiered depressible keyplate is a monolithic structure such that the first and second tiers move as a single unit relative to the housing when the multi-tiered depressible keyplate is depressed. In some embodiments, haptic energy generated by the haptic element is coupled to the first tier of the multi-tiered depressible keyplate, and a pressing force pushing the multi-tiered depressible keyplate down is coupled to the sensor via the second tier of the multi-tiered depressible keyplate.