Patent ID: 8325163
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A stylus, comprising: a housing assembly having a receptacle longitudinally defined therethrough; an axle rotatably mounted to the receptacle; a guiding element defining at least one guiding groove; a follower received in the housing and threadedly engaging with the axle, the follower having at least one guiding block protruding from peripheral wall thereof and slidably located in the guiding groove of the guiding element; a connecting rod accommodated in the receptacle of the housing, the connecting rod defining a sliding groove adjacent to a center portion thereof, the connecting rod including a first connecting rod end and a second connecting rod end opposite to the first connecting rod end, the second connecting rod connected to the follower; a stylus body received in the guiding element and the stylus body and the guiding element received in the receptacle, the stylus body having a body hinged to the first connecting rod end and a head positioned at a first body end of the body, the body having a pin hole defined at a second body end of the body opposite to the first body end; and a pin passing through the pin hole, the sliding groove, the guiding element and the housing to hinge the guiding element, the stylus body and the connecting rod within the housing; wherein when the axle is rotated relative to the housing, the guiding element prevents the rotation of the follower, forcing the follower to slide relative to the guiding element along the guiding groove, the sliding of the follower causing the connecting rod to slide, and the pin to slide in the sliding groove to cause the connecting rod to extend or retract the stylus body by the pin for tilting the stylus body relative to the housing.