POSITION POINTING DEVICE AND CORE BODY FOR POSITION POINTING DEVICE

• US 20190171303A1
• Filed: 12/17/2018
• Published: 06/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wacom Co Limited (Wacom)
• Original Assignee: Wacom Co Limited (Wacom)
• Inventors: Kaneda, Takenori, Arai, Takayuki, Ogata, Mamoru, Aoki, Shinya
• Granted Patent: US 10,452,164 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus

Abstract

A position pointing device includes a pressure detecting part which detects a pressure applied in an axial direction of a core body. The core body includes: a leading end part formed from an elastic material; a pedestal part which is formed from a material harder than the material of the leading end part and is joined to the leading end part; and a core body main body part which is joined to the pedestal part, is smaller than the pedestal part in thickness in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, and is formed from a hard material. The core body is housed in a casing and is movable in the axial direction, such that the leading end part is exposed via an opening of the casing, and a pressure exerted on the leading end part in the axial direction is transmitted to the pressure detecting part.

Claims

1. A position pointing device comprising:

a core body;

a tubular casing provided, on one end in an axial direction thereof, with an opening via which one end in an axial direction of the core body is exposed to an exterior; and

a pressure detecting part which is provided inside the tubular casing and detects a pressure applied in the axial direction of the core body;

wherein the core body includes;

a leading end part,

a pedestal part formed of a material which is different from a material of the leading end part, the pedestal part being positioned adjacent to the leading end part in the axial direction of the core body, and

a core body main body part positioned adjacent to the pedestal part in the axial direction of the core body, a thickness of the core body main body part being smaller than a thickness of the pedestal part in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the core body; and

the core body is housed in the casing in a state of being movable in the axial direction of the core body, such that the leading end part is exposed to the exterior via the opening of the casing and that a pressure exerted on the leading end part in the axial direction of the core body is transmitted to the pressure detecting part provided on an opposite side of the core body main body part from the pedestal part,

wherein the core body is disposed in a relation to the casing such that the leading end part is exposed by wholly protruding through the opening to the exterior and that a side surface of the pedestal part faces a surface of the opening of the casing, the side surface of the pedestal part and the surface of the opening of the casing extending in a direction along the axial direction of the core body.

2. The position pointing device according to claim 1,

wherein a length of the side surface, in the direction along the axial direction of the core body, of the pedestal part is selected to be greater than a maximum amount the core body is moved in the axial direction of the core body when a pressure is exerted on the leading end part.

3. The position pointing device according to claim 1,

wherein the pedestal part and the core body main body part are formed from a same material and integrally.

4. The position pointing device according to claim 1,

wherein the core body main body part has a length such that the core body main body part does not protrude from the opening of the casing to outside while housed in the casing.

5. The position pointing device according to claim 1,

wherein the leading end part and the pedestal part are joined to each other by welding.

6. The position pointing device according to claim 1,

wherein the leading end part and the pedestal part are formed by two-color molding.

7. The position pointing device according to claim 6,

wherein the two-color molding is performed by forming the pedestal part on the leading end part after the leading end part is formed.

8. The position pointing device according to claim 6,

wherein the leading end part or the pedestal part is formed from a conductive resin.

9. The position pointing device according to claim 1,

wherein the pedestal part and the core body main body part are joined to each other by welding.

10. The position pointing device according to claim 1,

wherein the pedestal part and the core body main body part are formed by two-color molding.

11. The position pointing device according to claim 1, of an electromagnetic induction system such that a magnetic body with a coil wound therearound is provided inside the casing between the opening and the pressure detecting part,

wherein the magnetic body is provided therein with a penetration hole in which the core body main body part of the core body is inserted movably in the axial direction of the core body;

and

the core body is disposed inside the casing, with the core body main body part inserted in the penetration hole of the magnetic body in a condition where the leading end part and the pedestal part are located on the side of the opening of the casing, so that a pressure applied to the leading end part is transmitted to the pressure detecting part.

12. The position pointing device according to claim 1,

wherein the leading end part is provided with a projection on the pedestal part side, and the pedestal part is provided on the leading end part side with a recess corresponding to the projection of the leading end part.

13. The position pointing device according to claim 1,

wherein the leading end part is provided with a recess on the pedestal part side, and the pedestal part is provided on the leading end part side with a projection corresponding to the recess of the leading end part.

14. The position pointing device according to claim 1,

wherein one or more of the leading end part, the pedestal part, and the core body main body part is formed from a conductive resin.

15. A core body for a position pointing device comprising:

a leading end part;

a pedestal part formed of a material which is different from a material of the leading end part and is positioned adjacent to the leading end part in an axial direction of the core body; and

a core body main body part which is positioned adjacent to the pedestal part in the axial direction of the core body and a thickness of the core body main part is smaller than a thickness of the pedestal part in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the core body,

wherein the core body is housed in a tubular casing of the position pointing device in a state of being movable in the axial direction of the core body, such that the leading end part is exposed to an exterior via an opening provided at one end portion in an axial direction of the casing, and that a pressure exerted on the leading end part in the axial direction of the core body is transmitted to a pressure detecting part which is provided inside the tubular casing and detects a pressure applied in the axial direction of the core body,

wherein the core body is disposed in a relation to the casing such that the leading end part is exposed by wholly protruding through the opening to the exterior and that a side surface of the pedestal part faces a surface of the opening of the casing, the side surface of the pedestal part and the surface of the opening of the casing extending in a direction along the axial direction of the core body.

16. The core body for a position pointing device according to claim 15,

wherein the pedestal part and the core body main body part are formed from a same material and integrally.

17. The core body for a position pointing device according to claim 15,

wherein the pedestal part and the core body main body part are formed from different materials.

18. The core body for a position pointing device according to claim 17,

wherein the leading end part or the pedestal part is formed from a conductive resin.

19. The core body for a position pointing device according to claim 15,

wherein one or more of the leading end part, the pedestal part, and the core body main body part is formed from conductive resin.