Patent ID: 7436397
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A stylus device for use with a touchpad device, comprising: a. an elongate stylus housing having a body portion, a nose portion and a longitudinal axis, the body portion being supported by the housing for axial movement along the longitudinal axis; b. a stylus member having a tip extremity for contacting the touchpad device; c. a stop for limiting forward movement of the body relative to the stylus housing; and d. biasing means for forwardly biasing the body portion with a force being limited to a predetermined maximum axial bias over a predetermined minimum travel distance of rearward movement relative to a rest position of the body portion, the minimum travel distance being not less than 0.05 inch, the maximum axial bias being not more than approximately 1000 gm; wherein the body portion has a mass being less than 10 percent of an aggregate mass of the stylus device.