STYLUS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20080246745A1
• Filed: 10/12/2007
• Published: 10/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Sutech Trading Limited
• Inventors: SHI, ZHENG, CHANG, CHIH-CHIANG, CHANG, YAO-HAO
• Application Number:
  US11/871,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20080246745A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/179
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0331 Finger worn pointing device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/039 Accessories therefor, e.g. mouse pads
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0393 Accessories for touch pads or touch screens, e.g. mechanical guides added to touch screens for drawing straight lines, hard keys overlaying touch screens or touch pads

Abstract

A portable electronic device (40) includes a housing (41), a display section (42) formed on the housing, and a stylus (20) connected to the housing. The display section has a screen. The stylus includes a writing portion (21), a sleeve (23), and a holder (25) formed on the sleeve. The writing portion is for moving on the screen of the display section. The sleeve has a first end (231) connecting with the writing portion, and an opposite second end being open.

Claims

1. A stylus for a portable electronic device, the stylus comprising:

a writing portion;

a sleeve connected to the writing portion at a first end thereof, and the sleeve having an opposite second end being open; and

a holder formed on the sleeve.

2. The stylus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sleeve has a cavity defined therein, and the cavity communicates with the outside through the second end.

3. The stylus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the holder is formed on a peripheral wall of the sleeve.

4. The stylus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a brim is formed on the open end of the sleeve.

5. The stylus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the writing portion is substantially hollow cone-shaped.

6. The stylus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the writing portion is preferably made of thermo plastic urethane (TPU).

7. The stylus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sleeve is substantially a hollow cylinder in shape.

8. The stylus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first end of the sleeve is substantially a hollow half-sphere in shape.

9. The stylus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sleeve is preferably made of one of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate (PC).

10. The stylus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the holder is e-shaped.

11. A portable electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a display section having a screen and the display section being formed on the housing; and

a stylus mounted to the housing, the stylus comprising;

a writing portion configured for moving on the screen of the display section;

a sleeve having a first end connected to the writing portion, and an opposite second end being open; and

a holder formed on the sleeve.

12. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the sleeve has a cavity defined therein, and the cavity communicates with the outside through the second end.

13. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the holder is formed on a peripheral wall of the sleeve.

14. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein a brim is formed on the second end of the sleeve.

15. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the screen of the display section is a pressure-sensitive screen.

16. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the stylus is connected to the housing by a line, one end of the line being fixed to the housing, and the other end of the line being connected to the holder of the stylus.

17. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the sleeve is substantially a hollow cylinder in shape.

18. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the holder is e-shaped.