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Granted Patent B2
US 11,481,047 · App. 17/258,497 · Granted Oct 25, 2022

Stylus pen resonating with a signal transferred from a touch sensor

Inventors: Kiryoung Jung (Seongnam-si, KR); Hyoungwook Woo (Seongnam-si, KR); Seyeob Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Bonkee Kim (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
G06F3/03545G06F3/0441
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Patent No.
US 11,481,047
App. No.
17/258,497
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body portion; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside thereof; a resonance circuit portion positioned in the body portion to be connected to the conductive tip to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip; and a conductive blocking member configured to surround at least a portion of the resonance circuit portion.

Claims (114)

1. A stylus pen comprising:

a body portion;

a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside of the body portion;

a resonance circuit portion disposed in the body portion to be connected to the conductive tip and to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip; and

a conductive blocking member configured to surround at least a portion of the resonance circuit portion,

the blocking member includes one slit that blocks generation of an eddy current,

opposite ends of the blocking member are spaced apart in a first direction by the slit, and

the first direction is a direction in which an eddy current is generated.

2. The stylus pen of claim 1 , further comprising

a ground portion configured to be capable of being electrically connected to a user.

3. The stylus pen of claim 2 , wherein

the resonant circuit portion includes:

an inductor portion connected between the conductive tip and the ground portion;

a capacitor portion connected between the conductive tip and the ground portion; and

a conductive connection member connecting the conductive tip and the inductor.

4. The stylus pen of claim 3 , wherein

the blocking member covers only the inductor portion.

5. The stylus pen of claim 3 , wherein

the blocking member covers only the conductive connection member.

6. The stylus pen of claim 3 , wherein

the blocking member further includes

a connector spaced apart from the inductor portion in the body portion along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction to connect opposite ends of the blocking portion.

7. The stylus pen of claim 6 , wherein

the connector is electrically connected to the ground portion.

8. A stylus pen comprising:

a body portion;

a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside of the body portion;

a resonance circuit portion disposed in the body portion to be connected to the conductive tip and to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip; and

a conductive blocking member configured to surround at least a portion of the resonance circuit portion, wherein

the blocking member includes a plurality of first blocking units spaced apart from each other along the first direction and extending along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction,

the first direction is a direction in which an eddy current is generated, and

the first blocking units are conductive.

9. The stylus pen of claim 8 , further comprising

a ground portion configured to be capable of being electrically connected to a user;

wherein the resonant circuit portion includes:

an inductor portion connected between the conductive tip and the ground portion;

a capacitor portion connected between the conductive tip and the ground portion; and

a conductive connection member connecting the conductive tip and the inductor, and

wherein the blocking member further includes

a connector spaced apart from the inductor portion in the body portion along the second direction to connect the first blocking units.

10. The stylus pen of claim 9 , wherein

the connector is electrically connected to the ground portion.

11. A stylus pen comprising:

a body portion;

a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside of the body portion;

a resonance circuit portion disposed in the body portion to be connected to the conductive tip and to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip; and

a conductive blocking member configured to surround at least a portion of the resonance circuit portion, wherein

the blocking member include a plurality of second blocking units extending along the first direction and spaced apart from each other along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction,

the first direction is a direction in which an eddy current is generated, and

opposite ends of each of the second blocking units are spaced apart along the first direction.

12. The stylus pen of claim 11 , further comprising

a ground portion configured to be capable of being electrically connected to a user;

wherein the resonant circuit portion includes:

an inductor portion connected between the conductive tip and the ground portion;

a capacitor portion connected between the conductive tip and the ground portion; and

a conductive connection member connecting the conductive tip and the inductor, and

wherein

the blocking member further includes:

a connector extending along the second direction to connect the second blocking units; and

an additional ground portion spaced apart from the inductor portion in the body portion along the second direction, and connected to a first end of the connector.

13. The stylus pen of claim 12 , wherein

the additional ground portion is electrically connected to the ground portion.

14. The stylus pen of claim 3 , wherein

the inductor portion includes:

a ferrite core; and

a conductive coil connected electrical the conductive tip and wound around the ferrite core.

15. The stylus pen of claim 3 , wherein

the capacitor portion includes a plurality of capacitors connected in parallel and having different capacitances from each other.

16. The stylus pen of claim 1 , wherein

the blocking member disposed on an inner surface of the body portion.

17. The stylus pen of claim 1 , wherein

the blocking member is disposed on an external surface of the body portion.

18. The stylus pen of claim 1 , wherein

the blocking member is disposed between the inner and outer surfaces of the body portion.

19. A stylus pen comprising:

a body portion;

a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside of the body portion;

a resonance circuit portion disposed in the body portion to be connected to the conductive tip and to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip; and

a conductive blocking member configured to surround at least a portion of the body portion,

wherein the blocking member includes one slit that blocks generation of an eddy current,

opposite ends of the blocking member are spaced apart in a first direction by the slit, and

the first direction is a direction in which an eddy current is generated.

20. The stylus pen of claim 19 , wherein

the resonant circuit portion includes:

an inductor portion connected between the conductive tip and the ground portion;

a capacitor portion connected between the conductive tip and the ground portion; and

a conductive connection member connecting the conductive tip and the inductor.

21. A stylus pen comprising:

a body portion;

a conductive blocking member configured to surround at least a portion of the body portion; and

a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside of the body portion,

wherein at least one slit configured to block generation of an eddy current, and

wherein the blocking member includes a plurality of blocking units plated on a sheet.

22. The stylus pen of claim 21 , wherein

the blocking member disposed on an inner surface of the body portion.

23. The stylus pen of claim 21 , wherein

the blocking member is disposed on an external surface of the body portion.

24. The stylus pen of claim 21 , wherein

the blocking member is disposed between the inner and outer surfaces of the body portion.

25. A stylus pen comprising:

a body portion;

a conductive blocking member configured to surround at least a portion of the body portion; and

a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside of the body portion,

wherein at least one slit configured to block generation of an eddy current, and

wherein

the blocking member includes a plurality of blocking units plated on the body portion.

26. The stylus pen of claim 1 , wherein

the width of the slit in the first direction is equal to or less than the width in the first direction of the blocking member.

27. The stylus pen of claim 8 , wherein

the width at which the plurality of first blocking units are spaced apart from each other in the first direction is equal to or less than the width in the first direction of the first blocking unit.

28. The stylus pen of claim 11 , wherein

the width at which the plurality of second blocking units are spaced apart from each other in the first direction is equal to or less than the width in the first direction of the second blocking unit.

29. The stylus pen of claim 19 , wherein

the width of the slit in the first direction is equal to or less than the width in the first direction of the blocking member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2021
From: JUNG, KIRYOUNG; WOO, HYOUNGWOOK; KIM, SEYEOB; KIM, BONKEE
To: HIDEEP INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0083626 · Jul 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210132711A1 · May 6, 2021
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