IP Library Granted Patent US 10,429,956
Granted Patent B2
US 10,429,956 · App. 16/052,440 · Granted Oct 1, 2019

Capacitive stylus with detachable eraser

Inventors: Chia-Jui Yeh (Taipei, TW); Yi-Chih Chang (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Waltop International Corporation
G06F3/03545G06F3/0383G06F3/045
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Patent No.
US 10,429,956
App. No.
16/052,440
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention discloses a capacitive stylus including a pen housing and a detachable eraser. The pen housing comprises a rear end section and a thinning section with a thinner wall thickness than that of the rear end section. A compressible latch is disposed at the outer surface of the eraser. The rear end section includes an axial groove. By pushing the latch to pass through the axial groove into the thinning section and rotating the latch within the thinning section, the pen housing is combined with the eraser.

Claims (11)

1. A capacitive stylus used on a touch device, comprising:

a pen housing comprising a rear end section and a thinning section, the thinning section being located before the rear end section, the rear end section having a thickness greater than a thickness of the thinning section;

a detachable eraser located at a rear end of the pen housing for emitting an erasing signal;

wherein an outer surface of the eraser includes a compressible latch, an inner surface of the rear end section includes an axial groove, and the latch is pushed through the axial groove to locate the latch in the thinning section, and the latch is rotated in the thinning section to complete the assembly with the pen housing.

2. The capacitive stylus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the rear end section of the pen housing comprises a positioning groove, the eraser comprises a sleeve, and an edge of the sleeve comprises a protrusion, and when the latch passes through the axial groove, the protrusion is stopped by the positioning groove and is against a first end of the positioning groove.

3. The capacitive stylus as recited in claim 2 , wherein the latch is rotated in the thinning section to move the protrusion from the first end of the positioning groove to a second end of the positioning groove.

4. The capacitive stylus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the pen housing comprises an outer cutting plane, the sleeve comprises an alignment plane, and when the eraser is assembled with the pen housing, the outer cutting plane is aligned with the alignment plane to form a complete flat cutting plane.

5. The capacitive stylus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the eraser further comprises a plurality of elastic shrapnels, and the inner wall of the pen housing comprises a plurality of contacts corresponding to the plurality of elastic shrapnels, and when the eraser is assembled with the pen housing, the plurality of elastic shrapnels are respectively in contact with the plurality of contacts.

6. The capacitive stylus as recited in claim 5 , wherein the pen housing further comprises a control circuit, and the plurality of contacts electrically connect to the control circuit.

7. The capacitive stylus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the pen housing further comprises a battery or an electrode, and the front end of the eraser comprises a contact electrode, and when the eraser is assembled with the pen housing, the contact electrode is in contact with the battery or the electrode.

8. The capacitive stylus as recited in claim 7 , wherein the pen housing further comprises a control circuit, and the battery or the electrode is electrically connected to the control circuit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2023
From: WALTOP INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
To: WACOM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063365/0389 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2018
From: YEH, CHIA-JUI; CHANG, YI-CHIH
To: WALTOP INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046686/0411 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 106128091 A · Aug 18, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190056806A1 · Feb 21, 2019