US Patent Issued to Wacom on April 14 for "Electronic pen having knock mechanism to push and retract electronic pen main body out of and into pen housing" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,120, issued on April 14, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Electronic pen having knock mechanism to push and retract electronic pen main body out of and into pen housing" was invented by Ryoji Kamiyama (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic pen includes a cylindrical pen housing having an opening on a pen tip side and having a hollow portion inside, and an electronic pen main body having a cylindrical main body housing to be housed in the hollow portion of the pen housing. An axial member is installed on one end side of the main body housing, while another end side of the main body housing is lo...