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US 8,027,055 B2Granted
Mobile phone with retractable stylus
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Paul Lapstun, Tobin Allen King
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Abstract
A mobile phone includes: a phone body having a stylus holder; a retractable stylus slidably mounted in the holder, the stylus being slidable between a retracted position and an extended writing position, the stylus having a nib including an inkjet printhead; an ink cartridge, housed in the phone body, for supplying ink to the inkjet printhead of the stylus; and a flexible conduit linking the cartridge to the stylus. The flexible conduit is configured for carrying data, power and ink.
Claims8
A mobile phone comprising:
- a phone body having a stylus holder;
- a retractable stylus slidably mounted in the holder, said stylus being slidable between a retracted position and an extended writing position, said stylus having a nib comprising an inkjet printhead;
- a cartridge, housed in the phone body, for supplying ink to the inkjet printhead of the stylus;
- and
- a flexible conduit linking the cartridge to the stylus, said flexible conduit being configured for carrying data, power and ink.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.