US Patent Issued to Wacom on Aug. 18 for "Electronic pen" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,834, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Electronic pen" was invented by Daisuke Watanabe (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electronic pen including a tubular pen housing, a first position indication portion arranged on one end side of the pen housing in an axial direction, a second position indication portion arranged on another end side of the pen housing in the axial direction, and a knock cam mechanism portion driven by a load applied from the other end side in the axial direction. The electronic pen further includes an elastic member for the knock cam mechanism portion...