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US 8,797,299 B2Granted
Stylus with extended and retracted states
AssigneesShenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
InventorShi-Xu Liang
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Abstract
A stylus comprises a stylus barrel, a connecting element and a stylus body. The stylus barrel has a receptacle defined therethrough. The connecting element is fixed to one end of the stylus barrel. The stylus body is retractably and slidably coupled to the stylus barrel. The stylus body is configured to be optionally supported by the connecting element in an extended state or locked to the opposite end of the stylus barrel in a retracted state with the stylus body received within the receptacle of the stylus barrel.
Claims14
A stylus, comprising:
- a stylus barrel defining a receptacle;
- a connecting element fixed to a first open end of the stylus barrel;
- a back cover fixed to a second open end of the stylus barrel;
- a latching post;
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- a stylus body defining an assembling hole, the latching post passing through the assembling hole, with two ends exposed from opposite sides of the stylus body;
- wherein the latching post is detachably latched to the back cover when the stylus body is retracted and received within the receptacle of the stylus barrel in an retracted state;
- the latching post is detachably latched to the connecting element when the stylus body is slidably extended out of the stylus barrel in an extend state;
- wherein the connecting element is hollow tubular shape and fixedly received within the first end of receptacle of the stylus barrel;
- the connecting element includes two latching arms extending from two opposite sides of one end thereof;
- the stylus body includes a body portion and the latching post fixed to one end of the body portion;
- the two ends of the latching post respectively latch to the corresponding two latching arms when the stylus in the extended state.
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A stylus, comprising:
- a stylus barrel defining a receptacle therethrough;
- a connecting element securely mounted in the receptacle of the stylus barrel, and comprising a holding portion disposed thereon;
- a back cover mounted to the stylus barrel and spaced apart from the connecting element, the back cover comprising a clamping portion formed thereon and facing the holding portion;
- a stylus body including a latching post and retractably and slidably received in the receptacle of the stylus barrel, the latching post of the stylus body selectively latching with the clamping portion or the holding portion to locate the stylus body in a retracted state or an extended state;
- wherein the holding portion includes two latching arms extending from two opposite sides of the connecting element, each latching arm is made of elastic material and defines a U-shaped opening therethrough;
- the latching post is fixed to the stylus body;
- the two ends of the latching post are latched into the corresponding two openings of the two latching arms respectively when the stylus is in the extended state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.