Abstract: An ergonomic computer mouse has support surfaces that are adjustable in two directions. The mouse includes a pivot mechanism that couples an upper and lower portion of the mouse housing together. The pivot mechanism may allow a user to adjust the upper and lower housing portions in pitch and roll directions with respect to one another.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 6, 1998
Date of Patent:
May 16, 2000
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Abstract: An electrical connector includes a body and two or more electrical contacts. The body has a guide member elongated between a first end and a second end along a first axis and has a connector block at the first end. The connector has a very low profile (preferably, less than about 10 mm), and the bottom of the body is surface-mountable on a circuit board. The connector block retains the contacts, which are spaced from one another in the direction of the first axis. The upper portions of contacts nearer the first end of the body extend higher above the circuit board on which the connector is mounted than contacts nearer the second end. In other words, the upper portions of the contacts together present a surface that is generally inclined or angled with respect to the bottom surface of the connector and the surface of the circuit board on which it is mountable.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 18, 1998
Date of Patent:
November 9, 1999
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Jerry Berg, David Peter Gaio, William Kim Hogan