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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340710 ; 2001 / ;
Abstract
An X-Y input device known as a 'mouse' includes at least one switch lever having a control end exposed through an upper case and an opposite end staked on the upper case. An annular holder for the rotatable ball of the mouse is secured to a lower case and the switch lever has a portion close to the staked end held between the upper case and the annular holder.