Electronic pen, electronic pen cartridge, and electronic pen main unit
An electronic pen cartridge is mounted on a mounting part disposed in a pen-shaped casing. The electronic pen cartridge includes an electronic pen main unit and a mounting adapter. The electronic pen main unit includes a first coupling part configured to connect the mounting adapter to the electronic pen main unit in an axial center direction. The mounting adapter includes a second coupling part connected to the first coupling part of the electronic pen main unit, a third coupling part connected to the mounting part of the casing, and an elastic component that causes an elastic force to act between the mounting adapter and the electronic pen main unit in a connected state in which the second coupling part is connected to the first coupling part of the electronic pen main unit.
1 . An electronic pen cartridge, configured to be mounted on a mounting part disposed in a pen-shaped casing, the electronic pen cartridge comprising:
an electronic pen main unit that includes: i) an interaction part configured to perform transmission and reception of signals with a position detecting sensor, ii) a tip part configured to be capable of protruding outside from an opening of the pen-shaped casing, and iii) a first coupling part provided at an end part opposite from the tip part in an axial center direction; and
a mounting adapter interposed between the first coupling part and the mounting part, the mounting adapter including: i) a second coupling part configured to be detachably connectable to the first coupling part of the electronic pen main unit, ii) a third coupling part configured to be detachably connectable to the mounting part of the pen-shaped casing, and iii) an elastic component that, when the second coupling part is connected to the first coupling part, exerts an elastic force to separate the mounting adapter from the electronic pen main unit in the axial center direction, wherein the elastic component serves as a shock absorber against a shock load applied along the axial center direction.
2 . The electronic pen cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the pen-shaped casing is a casing of a writing implement.
3 . The electronic pen cartridge according to claim 2 , wherein a length of the electronic pen main unit in the axial center direction is set to a predetermined length, and a length of the mounting adapter in the axial center direction varies according to the pen-shaped casing of the writing implement.
4 . The electronic pen cartridge according to claim 2 , wherein the third coupling part of the mounting adapter has a configuration corresponding to a configuration of the mounting part of the pen-shaped casing of the writing implement.
5 . The electronic pen cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the second coupling part of the mounting adapter is provided at an end part of a rod-shaped component, and the elastic component is a coil spring disposed around the rod-shaped component.
6 . The electronic pen cartridge according to claim 5 , wherein the rod-shaped component includes a resin having elasticity that allows bending also in a direction intersecting the axial center direction.
7 . The electronic pen cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the first coupling part is connected to the second coupling part against the elastic force of the elastic component.
8 . The electronic pen cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic pen main unit includes a writing pressure detector that detects a pressure applied to the tip part, and
the elastic component of the mounting adapter is configured so as not to be elastically displaced in the axial center direction within a range of the pressure to be detected by the writing pressure detector, and as to be elastically displaced when the pressure exceeding the range is applied.
9 . The electronic pen cartridge according to claim 8 , wherein the writing pressure detector comprises a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) that detects the pressure as a capacitance value.
10 . The electronic pen cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the interaction part includes a resonant circuit including a coil and a capacitor and performs transmission and reception of signals by forming an electromagnetic coupling with the position detecting sensor.
11 . The electronic pen cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the interaction part performs transmission and reception of signals by forming a capacitive coupling with the position detecting sensor.
12 . The electronic pen cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the second coupling part of the mounting adapter includes a first projection or a first hole, and the first coupling part of the electronic pen main unit includes a second hole or a second projection, the first projection configured to be detachably received in the second hole, or the second projection configured to be detachably received in the first hole.
13 . An electronic pen, comprising:
a pen-shaped casing;
a mounting part disposed in the pen-shaped casing; and
an electronic pen cartridge mounted on the mounting part and including:
an electronic pen main unit that includes: i) an interaction part configured to perform transmission and reception of signals with a position detecting sensor, ii) a tip part configured to be capable of protruding outside from an opening of the pen-shaped casing, and iii) a first coupling part provided at an end part opposite from the tip part in an axial center direction; and
a mounting adapter interposed between the first coupling part and the mounting part, the mounting adapter including: i) a second coupling part configured to be detachably connectable to the first coupling part of the electronic pen main unit, ii) a third coupling part configured to be detachably connectable to the mounting part of the pen-shaped casing, and iii) an elastic component that, when the second coupling part is connected to the first coupling part, exerts an elastic force to separate the mounting adapter from the electronic pen main unit in the axial center direction, wherein the elastic component serves as a shock absorber against a shock load applied along the axial center direction.
14 . The electronic pen according to claim 13 , comprising:
a knock mechanism including the mounting part and configured to push or pull the tip part of the electronic pen main unit out of or into the pen-shaped casing,
wherein the third coupling part of the mounting adapter of the electronic pen cartridge is detachably connectable to the mounting part of the knock mechanism.
15 . The electronic pen according to claim 14 , wherein the knock mechanism is configured to allow a plurality of cartridge-type refills to selectively protrude and retract via the opening of the pen-shaped casing, and the electronic pen cartridge is employed as at least one of the plurality of cartridge-type refills.
16 . The electronic pen according to claim 13 , wherein the second coupling part of the mounting adapter includes a first projection or a first hole, and the first coupling part of the electronic pen main unit includes a second hole or a second projection, the first projection configured to be detachably received in the second hole, or the second projection configured to be detachably received in the first hole.
17 . An electronic pen main unit that forms an electronic pen cartridge,
wherein the electronic pen cartridge includes a mounting adapter, the mounting adapter including: i) a second coupling part configured to be detachably connectable to the electronic pen main unit, ii) a third coupling part configured to be detachably connectable to a mounting part of a pen-shaped casing of an electronic pen, and iii) an elastic component that, when the second coupling part is connected to the electronic pen main unit, exerts an elastic force to separate the mounting adapter from the electronic pen main unit in an axial center direction, wherein the elastic component serves as a shock absorber against a shock load applied along the axial center direction,
the electronic pen main unit comprising:
i) an interaction part configured to perform transmission and reception of signals with a position detecting sensor;
ii) a tip part configured to be capable of protruding outside from an opening of the pen-shaped casing; and
iii) a first coupling part provided at an end part opposite from the tip part in the axial center direction and configured to be detachably connectable to the second coupling part of the mounting adapter.
18 . The electronic pen main unit according to claim 17 , comprising:
a writing pressure detector configured to detect a pressure applied to the tip part,
wherein a range of the pressure to be detected in the axial center direction by the writing pressure detector is set such that the elastic component of the mounting adapter is not elastically displaced in the axial center direction within the range of the pressure and is elastically displaced when the pressure exceeding the range is applied.
19 . The electronic pen main unit according to claim 17 , wherein the second coupling part of the mounting adapter includes a first projection or a first hole, and the first coupling part of the electronic pen main unit includes a second hole or a second projection, the first projection configured to be detachably received in the second hole, or the second projection configured to be detachably received in the first hole.