US Patent Issued to Logitech Europe on July 7 for "Computer mouse with non-impact magnet-based switch" (Swiss, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,173, issued on July 7, was assigned to Logitech Europe S.A. (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Computer mouse with non-impact magnet-based switch" was invented by Jan Stoeckli (Jongny, Switzerland), Wenjie Liu (Suzhou, China), Nuno Miguel Pereira dos Anjos Valverde (Ecublens, Switzerland), Fangming Peng (Suzhou, China), Martin Sigrist (Bienne, Switzerland), Mario Robert Weiss (Bienne, Switzerland) and Steve Knuchel (Bienne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer mouse with non-impact magnet-based switch. In one aspect, the switch includes a deflection plate, the deflection plate having a movable portion, a first magnet coupled o...