ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,628, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Logitech Europe S.A. (Lausanne, Switzerland).
"Contextual braking for an input device" was invented by Maxim Vlasov (Geneva).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer mouse comprising a scroll wheel, a braking system operable to provide a braking force on the scroll wheel, and a sensor system operable to detect a force or motion of the scroll wheel in the first and second directions. In response to receiving a control signal to stop rotation of the scroll wheel in the first direction, the braking system applies the braking force on the scroll wheel when the sensor indicates that the force or motio...