Electronic pen

1. An electronic pen comprising:

a tubular casing;

an opening formed on one side of the casing;

a rod-shaped core body that projects outside of the casing through the opening of the casing;

a pen pressure detector disposed within a hollow portion of the casing, wherein the pen pressure detector, in operation, detects a pen pressure applied to the core body;

a core body insertion member disposed between the pen pressure detector and the opening of the casing within the hollow portion of the casing, the core body insertion member having a barrier and a hollow space, the barrier closing the hollow space on a side of the pen pressure detector, the hollow space being a space communicating, via the opening, with a space external to the electronic pen, wherein the core body insertion member, within the hollow space, houses the core body movably in the axial direction of the casing; and

a first sealing member that separates the hollow space of the core body insertion member from the hollow portion of the casing,

wherein the barrier is elastically displaceable in the axial direction of the casing, and

wherein, in operation, a pen pressure applied to the core body is transmitted to the pen pressure detector by elastic displacement of the barrier of the core body insertion member based on movement of the core body in the axial direction of the casing within the hollow space of the core body insertion member according to the pen pressure.

2. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein the barrier is formed by an elastic member.

3. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein the pen pressure detector is coupled to a side of the core body insertion member opposite to the pen pressure detector and the elastic displacement of the barrier according to the pen pressure applied to the core body is transmitted to the pen pressure detector.

4. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein the first sealing member is disposed on a side of a core body insertion opening of the core body insertion member.

5. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein the first sealing member is a cap-shaped elastic member disposed on an end portion of the core body insertion member on a side of a core body insertion opening of the core body insertion member without closing the core body insertion opening.

6. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein a pressing member is fitted on a side of the core body opposite to a side of the core body that projects outside of the casing, and the core body presses the barrier of the core body insertion member via the pressing member according to the applied pen pressure.

7. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein the core body insertion member includes a plurality of parts that fit together and are arranged in the axial direction of the casing.

8. The electronic pen according to claim 7 , wherein the core body insertion member includes a pen pressure transmission member having a hollow space closed by the barrier, and a pressing member that presses the barrier according to the pen pressure applied to the core body is disposed in the hollow space of the pen pressure transmission member.

9. The electronic pen according to claim 8 , wherein the pen pressure transmission member includes an engaging portion engaged with the pen pressure detector.

10. The electronic pen according to claim 9 , wherein, when the pen pressure transmission member is engaged with the pen pressure detector, a pressure sensor of the pen pressure detector is retained, and the pen pressure is transmitted to the pressure sensor via the barrier.

11. The electronic pen according to claim 7 , wherein:

the core body insertion member includes a magnetic core around which a coil is wound and having a hole through which the core body is inserted, a pen pressure transmission member having the barrier, and a holder fitted with the magnetic core, and

the holder fitted with the magnetic core is fitted to the pen pressure transmission member.

12. The electronic pen according to claim 11 , wherein:

a circuit board is disposed on a side of the pen pressure detector that is opposite to the core body insertion member within the hollow portion of the casing, and a coupling portion that couples the circuit board to the pen pressure detector is provided with a second sealing member that closes a gap between the coupling portion and an inner wall of the casing, and

an end portion of the coil wound around the magnetic core is connected to a terminal of the pen pressure detector, and a connecting portion that connects the coil to the terminal is disposed in a part sealed by the first sealing member and the second sealing member.

13. The electronic pen according to claim 12 , wherein the circuit board is disposed in a board holder and the board holder has a fitting portion fitted to the pen pressure detector, and the second sealing member is formed on the fitting portion of the board holder, the fitting portion being fitted to the pen pressure detector.

14. The electronic pen according to claim 13 , wherein the terminal of the pen pressure detector is connected to the circuit board retained in the board holder through the fitting portion of the board holder, and a capacitor connected in parallel with the coil constituting a resonance circuit is disposed on the circuit board.

15. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein:

a circuit board on which a switch which, in operation, is depressed by a pressing member projects outside of the casing through another opening in the casing that is disposed adjacent to a side of the pen pressure detector that is opposite to the core body insertion member within the hollow portion of the casing, and

a coupling portion that couples the circuit board to the pen pressure detector is provided with a second sealing member that closes a gap between the coupling portion and an inner wall of the casing.

16. The electronic pen according to claim 15 , wherein:

the switch is mounted on an electronic part mounting surface of the circuit board, and

the electronic part mounting surface of the circuit board, except for the switch, is covered by a molded member.

17. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein a tubular body portion and the barrier are formed by two-color molding, the tubular body portion being included in the core body insertion member.

18. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein the pen pressure detector, in operation, detects a capacitance that changes according to the pen pressure.

19. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein:

a circuit board is disposed on a side of the pen pressure detector that is opposite to the core body insertion member within the hollow portion of the casing, and a coupling portion that couples the circuit board to the pen pressure detector is provided with a second sealing member that closes a gap between the coupling portion and an inner wall of the casing, and

a space between the first sealing member and the second sealing member is sealed within the hollow portion of the casing.

20. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein a circuit board is disposed on a side of the pen pressure detector that is opposite to the core body insertion member within the hollow portion of the casing, and an electronic part mounting surface of the circuit board is covered by a molded member.

21. The electronic pen according to claim 20 , wherein:

the core body is conductive, and

a signal from a transmission circuit disposed on the circuit board is sent out to the outside through the core body.

22. The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein the tubular casing is housed within an external casing of the electronic pen.