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Touchscreen stylus

  • US 9,063,589 B2
  • Filed: 04/01/2013
  • Issued: 06/23/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stylus instrument for interfacing with a capacitive touchscreen, the stylus instrument comprising:

  • a body portion connected to a ring component via a tip portion, whereinthe tip portion comprises a connector configured to support the ring component at a fixed angle relative to the body portion, andthe ring component comprises

         1) a void located at or near a center of the ring component and

         2) a conductive contact surface configured to activate sensors of the capacitive touchscreen; and

    a pointer component protruding from the tip portion and aligned to point generally toward the center of the ring component, wherein an end point of the pointer component is recessed from a plane area defined by the conductive contact surface of the ring component.

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