AN ACTUATOR DEVICE FOR A PERSONAL COMPUTER

摘要

A finger controlled actuator for a mouse or other personal computer device f or providing pressure to force sensitive resistor circuitry to provide for scrolling or other like control functions on and for a personal computer, wherein the actuator has specially surfaced, such as ribbed, and configured surfaces, such as saddle like in shape for cradling the finger of a personal computer user and allowing for satisfactory gripping between the flesh of th e finger and the surface of the actuator to prevent slippage in any one of multiple directions about both the vertical and horizontal directions or som e quadrant of both directions, while providing for comfort to the finger and hand of the user and for self orienting of the finger relative to actuator a nd the mouse body for proper control and operation, for example, the scrolling friction.