Thin electromagnetic handwriting pen and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10180737-B2
Application number	US-201615331129-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2016
Priority date	Jan 29, 2014
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

A thin electromagnetic handwriting pen includes a casing unit, a circuit unit, an electromagnetic unit and a pen core unit. The casing unit includes a thin pen-shaped casing structure. The circuit unit includes a circuit substrate disposed inside the thin pen-shaped casing structure. The electromagnetic unit includes a hollow holder and an electromagnetic coil wound around the hollow holder. Both the hollow holder and the electromagnetic coil are embedded in the thin pen-shaped casing structure, and the electromagnetic coil is fixed between the thin pen-shaped casing structure and the hollow holder and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The pen core unit includes a pen core structure movably disposed inside the thin pen-shaped casing structure and passing through the hollow holder, and one portion of the pen core structure is exposed outside the thin pen-shaped casing structure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A thin electromagnetic handwriting pen, comprising:
a casing including a thin pen-shaped casing structure having an axis;
circuitry including a circuit substrate disposed inside the thin pen-shaped casing structure;
an electromagnetic unit including a hollow holder and an electromagnetic coil wound around the hollow holder, wherein the electromagnetic unit is received in the thin pen-shaped casing structure, the hollow holder includes a coil winding portion and a coil guiding portion adjacent to each other along the axis, the coil winding portion has a coil winding outer surface around which the electromagnetic coil is wound, the coil guiding portion has an outer surface fitted to an inner surface of the thin pen-shaped casing structure, the outer surface of the coil guiding portion defines two coil guiding grooves extending along the axis up to an end of the coil guiding portion that is adjacent to the coil winding portion, wherein two end portions of the electromagnetic coil are respectively received in the two coil guiding grooves; and
a pen core including a pen core structure movably disposed inside the thin pen-shaped casing structure.

2. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 1 , wherein each of the two end portions of the electromagnetic coil has a soldering portion to electrically connect to the circuit substrate.

3. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 1 , comprising a connection structure disposed to position at least a distal end of the circuit substrate inside the thin pen-shaped casing structure.

4. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 1 , wherein the thin pen-shaped casing structure includes a first hollow outer tube, a second hollow outer tube and a pen tail cover, the second hollow outer tube has two opposite lateral portions respectively mated with the first hollow outer tube and the pen tail cover, the second hollow outer tube has a stop portion disposed on the inner surface thereof, and the circuit substrate has an abutting portion abutted against the stop portion of the second hollow outer tube.

5. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 4 , wherein the coil winding portion of the hollow holder is completely enclosed inside the first hollow outer tube.

6. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 4 , wherein the pen core structure includes a metal pen core movably passing through the hollow holder and a plastic pen head connected to a distal end of the metal pen core, and a distal portion of the plastic pen head is exposed outside the first hollow outer tube of the thin pen-shaped casing structure.

7. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 1 , comprising a connection structure and an elastic structure disposed inside the thin pen-shaped casing structure to couple the circuit substrate with the pen core structure.

8. A thin electromagnetic handwriting pen, comprising:
a casing including a thin pen-shaped casing structure having an axis;
circuitry including a circuit substrate disposed inside the thin pen-shaped casing structure;
an electromagnetic unit including a hollow holder and an electromagnetic coil wound around the hollow holder, wherein the electromagnetic unit is received in the thin pen-shaped casing structure, the hollow holder includes a coil winding portion and a coil guiding portion adjacent to each other along the axis, the coil winding portion has a coil winding outer surface around which the electromagnetic coil is wound, the coil guiding portion has an outer surface fitted to an inner surface of the thin pen-shaped casing structure, the outer surface of the coil guiding portion defines two coil guiding grooves extending along the axis up to an end of the coil guiding portion that is adjacent to the coil winding portion, wherein two end portions of the electromagnetic coil are respectively received in the two coil guiding grooves; and
a pen core including a pen core structure movably disposed inside the thin pen-shaped casing structure.

9. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 8 , wherein the thin pen-shaped casing structure includes a first hollow outer tube, a second hollow outer tube and a pen tail cover, and the second hollow outer tube has two opposite lateral portions respectively mated with the first hollow outer tube and the pen tail cover.

10. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 9 , wherein the second hollow outer tube has a stop portion disposed on the inner surface thereof, and the circuit substrate has an abutting portion abutted against the stop portion of the second hollow outer tube.

11. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 9 , wherein the coil winding portion of the hollow holder is completely enclosed inside the first hollow outer tube.

12. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 9 , wherein the pen core structure includes a metal pen core movably passing through the hollow holder and a plastic pen head connected to a distal end of the metal pen core, and a distal portion of the plastic pen head is exposed outside the first hollow outer tube of the thin pen-shaped casing structure.

13. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 8 , wherein the hollow holder is made of high temperature resistant material.

14. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 8 , wherein the electromagnetic coil is an enamel-insulated wire.

15. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 8 , wherein the casing has a radial cross-sectional shape that is oval.

16. The thin electromagnetic handwriting pen of claim 8 , wherein the casing has a radial cross-sectional shape that is rectangular with chamfered corners.

17. A method of manufacturing a thin electromagnetic handwriting pen, comprising:
providing an elongated hollow holder having an axis and including a coil winding portion and a coil guiding portion that are adjacent to each other along the axis, the coil winding portion having a coil winding outer surface, and the coil guiding portion having a coil guiding outer surface that defines two coil guiding grooves extending along the axis up to an end of the coil guiding portion that is adjacent to the coil winding portion;
winding an electromagnetic coil around the coil winding outer surface of the hollow holder and guiding two end portions of the electromagnetic coil through the two coil guiding grooves defined in the coil guiding outer surface of the hollow holder, respectively;
providing a first hollow outer tube and positioning the electromagnetic coil between the hollow holder and the first hollow outer tube;
inserting into the first hollow outer tube, in which the electromagnetic coil wound around the hollow holder is positioned, a pen core structure and a distal portion of a circuit substrate; and
mating a second hollow outer tube with the first hollow outer tube to form a thin pen-shaped casing structure for the thin electromagnetic handwriting pen.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
mating a pen tail cover with the second hollow outer tube to form the thin pen-shaped casing structure.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first hollow outer tube has a radial cross-sectional shape that is oval.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first hollow outer tube has a radial cross-sectional shape that is rectangular with chamfered corners.

Assignees

• Wacom Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lien Chien-Chia
• Wang Hung-I
• Liu Cheng-Lu

Classifications

• H01F7/126

  Supporting or mounting · CPC title

• G06F3/046

  by electromagnetic means · CPC title

• H01F7/1607

  Armatures entering the winding · CPC title

• H01F27/28

  Coils; Windings; Conductive connections · CPC title

• G06F3/044

  by capacitive means · CPC title