Patent ID: 8913041

Claim:
A position pointer, comprising: a housing; a rod accommodated in said housing such that one end thereof projects to an outer side of said housing; a variable capacitor having a capacitance value which varies in response to external force applied thereto through said rod; a holder configured to house said variable capacitor therein, said variable capacitor including: a dielectric member having a first face portion and a second face portion opposite from said first face portion, a terminal member being engaged with said holder and having elasticity to be biased toward said first face portion of said dielectric member to thereby elastically secure said dielectric member within said holder, an electrode section disposed in an opposing relationship to said second face portion of said dielectric member and including a conductive member having a contact area with said second face portion that varies in response to the external force, and an elastic member formed of a coil having conductivity and configured to bias said conductive member in a direction in which said conductive member is spaced away from said second face portion; and a holding member axially movably housed in said holder and configured to secure a proximal end of said rod and to hold said conductive member and said elastic member such that said conductive member is electrically connected to said elastic member.