Multi-axis force sensor

An electronic stylus device having a first end and a second end aligned along a long center axis of the electronic stylus device, the electronic stylus device comprising:

• a stylus tip element having a stylus tip end and an opposing end, the stylus tip element being positioned at the first end of the electronic stylus device and aligned along the long center axis of the electronic stylus device;
• a nutation collar positioned about the stylus tip element and the long center axis, the nutation collar providing one or more bearing surfaces around the stylus tip element between the stylus tip end and the opposing end of the stylus tip element, the one or more bearing surfaces permitting the stylus tip element to nutate within the nutation collar;
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• a deflection sensor positioned proximate to the opposing end of the stylus tip element on the long center axis, the deflection sensor being configured to detect a vector of lateral deflection of the opposing end of the stylus tip element relative to the long center axis of the electronic stylus device.