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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akihiro Shinohe, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Kouichi Ogino, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/08 ;
Abstract
A mouse with a wheel, including a gear coaxially mounted to a rotary shaft of the wheel; a rocking member in which rocking arms extend from both sides thereof with a rocking shaft formed parallel to the rotary shaft as a center; a pawl member mounted to the rocking member and biased so as to engage the gear; and contact switches disposed at locations that allow them to contact the respective rocking arms, in which when one side of the rocking member rocks, a counter circuit at a side of the corresponding rocking arm is brought into a electrical conduction. The mouse has a non-photo- and simple structure.