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Granted Patent B2
US 12,585,344 · App. 18/979,180 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Electronic pen

Inventors: Mamoru Ogata (Saitama, JP); Kenichi Ninomiya (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
G06F3/03545G06F3/038G06F2203/0381
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Patent No.
US 12,585,344
App. No.
18/979,180
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electronic pen that includes a circuit board including one or more push switches, a housing having a cylindrical body in which an electronic pen circuit including the circuit board is mounted, the housing including a side opening at a position corresponding to a range in which the one or more push switches are provided on the circuit board mounted at a predetermined position, a board protection member including a main body part and one or more depression parts, and a side attachment member including a plate part and one or more push parts. When one of the one or more push parts of the side attachment member is pushed down, a corresponding one of the one or more push switches on the circuit board is pushed down via a corresponding one of the one or more depression parts of the board protection member.

Claims (16)

1 . An electronic pen comprising:

a circuit board including a plurality of push switches;

a housing in which the circuit board is mounted at a predetermined position, wherein the housing includes a housing opening provided in a range in which the plurality of push switches of the circuit board is provided;

a board protection member provided in the housing, wherein the board protection member covers a surface on which the plurality of push switches of the circuit board is provided and includes a plurality of first pressing parts respectively corresponding to the plurality of push switches;

a plate part provided in the housing opening and having a plurality of plate openings corresponding to the plurality of first pressing parts; and

a side mounting member including a plurality of second pressing parts respectively provided in the plurality of plate openings, wherein when each of the plurality of second pressing parts is pressed a corresponding one of the plurality of first pressing parts is pressed.

2 . The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of second pressing parts has a thickness that is different from a thickness of each of the plurality of second pressing parts other than the at least one of the plurality of second pressing parts.

3 . The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein the plate part is detachable from the housing.

4 . The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first pressing parts has a pressing protrusion that, in operation, presses a corresponding one of the plurality of push switches, and

wherein each of the second pressing parts has a pressing protrusion that, in operation, presses a corresponding one of the plurality of first pressing parts.

5 . The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of second pressing parts is attached with a pressing knob having a pressing protrusion that, in operation, presses a corresponding one of the plurality of first pressing parts.

6 . The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein an operation surface of at least one of the plurality of second pressing parts has a convex portion.

7 . The electronic pen according to claim 1 , wherein the board protection member includes a main body having a plurality of main body openings corresponding to the plurality of push switches,

wherein each of the plurality of first pressing parts is provided in a corresponding one of the plurality of main body openings,

wherein only one end of each of the plurality of first pressing parts is connected to the main body at one end of the corresponding one of the plurality of main body openings, and

wherein each of the plurality of first pressing parts, in operation, is movable toward a corresponding one of the plurality of push switches.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-131920 · Aug 13, 2021 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18435675 · Feb 7, 2024
Continuation PCTJP2022028600 · Jul 25, 2022
Related Publication 20250110586A1 · Apr 3, 2025
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