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Granted Patent B2
US 11,237,652 · App. 17/080,682 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Electronic pen

Inventors: Kohei Tanaka (Saitama, JP); Kenichi Ninomiya (Saitama, JP); Ryuto Sakamoto (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0383G06F3/03545
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Patent No.
US 11,237,652
App. No.
17/080,682
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic pen includes an electrically conductive coil spring that expands and contracts, a core body having electrical conductivity, a writing pressure detector having a fitting part fitted to an end of the core body on a side of the core body that is opposite to a side of the core body that includes a pen tip, and an electronic circuit that includes an oscillating circuit. The electronic circuit, in operation, causes a detection result from the writing pressure detector to be included in a signal from the oscillating circuit. The core body penetrates through a center axis of the coil spring and is not biased by the coil spring, and a first end of the coil spring on a side of the coil spring adjacent to the pen tip is connected to the core body and a second end of the coil spring is connected to the electronic circuit.

Claims (25)

1. An electronic pen of a capacitive system, comprising:

a coil spring that is configured to expand and contract, and has electrical conductivity;

a core body having electrical conductivity;

a writing pressure detector having a fitting part fitted to an end of the core body on a side of the core body that is opposite to a side of the core body that includes a pen tip; and

an electronic circuit that includes an oscillating circuit, wherein the electronic circuit, in operation, causes a detection result from the writing pressure detector to be included in a signal from the oscillating circuit,

wherein:

the core body penetrates through a center axis of the coil spring,

in a state in which a writing pressure is not applied to the core body, the core body is not biased by the coil spring,

a first end of the coil spring on a side of the coil spring adjacent to the pen tip is connected to the core body, and

a second end of the coil spring is connected to the electronic circuit.

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

the core body includes a pen tip part including the pen tip, and a shaft part,

an end of the shaft part on a side of the shaft part adjacent to the pen tip part has a fitting part to which an end of the pen tip part on a side of the pen tip part opposite to a side of the pen tip part including the pen tip is fitted, and

the first end of the coil spring on the side of the coil spring adjacent to the pen tip is clamped between the pen tip part and the shaft part at the fitting part of the shaft part.

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

the core body includes a pen tip part including the pen tip, a shaft part, and an electrically-conductive elastic component,

the electrically-conductive elastic component is fixed to an end of the shaft part on a side of the shaft part adjacent to the pen tip part,

the first end of the coil spring on the side of the coil spring adjacent to the pen tip is clamped between the electrically-conductive elastic component and the shaft part, and

the pen tip part is gripped by the electrically-conductive elastic component.

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

the coil spring is connected to the core body and the electronic circuit in a state in which the coil spring has a natural length,

the coil spring has the natural length while the coil spring is not expanded or contracted, and

the coil spring, in operation, contracts when a writing pressure is applied to the core body and returns to the natural length upon release of the writing pressure.

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

a spring constant of the coil spring enables expansion and contraction of the coil spring in response to a force smaller than 1 gram.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2020
From: TANAKA, KOHEI; NINOMIYA, KENICHI; SAKAMOTO, RYUTO
To: WACOM CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-100233 · May 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019009886 · Mar 12, 2019
Related Publication 20210041964A1 · Feb 11, 2021
Cited By (1)
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