Patents by Inventor Takenori Kaneda

Takenori Kaneda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11803286
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen with a cylindrical housing including an opening at an end portion of the housing on a pen tip side of the housing, a cylindrical member disposed in the housing and fixed to the housing at a part on the pen tip side of the housing, and a core body formed in a rod shape by a material containing a pigment, the core body including a body portion inserted into the cylindrical member through the opening of the housing and a pull-out portion configured to enable the core body to be pulled out of the housing. A diameter of the body portion of the core body inserted into the cylindrical member is larger than a difference between an outer diameter of the cylindrical member and an inner diameter of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenori Kaneda, Mamoru Ogata, Kenichi Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 11782526
    Abstract: An electronic pen cartridge is replaceable with a refill of a stationery ballpoint pen such that the stationery ballpoint pen housing can be reused as the electronic pen housing. The electronic pen cartridge is of a capacitance type and includes a pen tip which is projectable from an opening on one side in an axial direction of the pen housing. Inside the tubular cartridge housing are an electronic circuit including a signal transmission circuit configured to generate a signal to be supplied to a position detection sensor, and a rechargeable power storage device configured to supply a power supply voltage to the electronic circuit. A coil is wound around a rear end portion of the cartridge housing on a side of the cartridge housing opposite from the pen tip side. The power storage device is charged by a current induced in the coil based on an externally supplied magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Aoki, Takenori Kaneda, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Toru Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20230244331
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen including an electronic pen main part including a first sealing member that covers circumference of a tip side of the electronic pen main part and a second sealing member disposed along an outer edge of the electronic pen main part at a position separate from a tip toward a rear end side of the electronic pen main part, and an inside body that is tubular and has an inner wall surface with which the first sealing member and the second sealing member come into contact through insertion of the tip side of the electronic pen main part into the inside body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mamoru OGATA, Takenori KANEDA, Kenichi NINOMIYA, Takayuki ARAI, Kohei TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230205330
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide an electronic pen that is excellent in portability by being reduced in size, that has a side switch functioning stably, and that is easy to maintain. A pusher part of an electronic pen body part is inserted into an insertion part of an operator, and the operator is thus attached to the pusher part of the electronic pen body part in a state of being fitted into an operator opening part of an outer casing. The operator opening part of the outer casing is formed in a side surface thereof at a position corresponding to a button switch of the electronic pen body part being loaded into the outer casing and placed at a fixed position. Therefore, the button switch can reliably be depressed through the operator, and the side switch of the electronic pen is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Mamoru OGATA, Takenori KANEDA, Kenichi NINOMIYA, Takayuki ARAI, Kohei TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230104110
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen with a cylindrical housing including an opening at an end portion of the housing on a pen tip side of the housing, a cylindrical member disposed in the housing and fixed to the housing at a part on the pen tip side of the housing, and a core body formed in a rod shape by a material containing a pigment, the core body including a body portion inserted into the cylindrical member through the opening of the housing and a pull-out portion configured to enable the core body to be pulled out of the housing. A diameter of the body portion of the core body inserted into the cylindrical member is larger than a difference between an outer diameter of the cylindrical member and an inner diameter of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Takenori KANEDA, Mamoru OGATA, Kenichi NINOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20230047870
    Abstract: A capacitive electronic pen includes a housing, a core body, and a peripheral electrode. In the capacitive electronic pen, the core body includes an electrode core formed of a conductor having a spherical section and a shaft center section. The spherical section of the electrode core is not surrounded by the peripheral electrode and is disposed on a tip (distal) end of the capacitive electronic pen protruding from one opening in the axial direction of the housing. The shaft center section of the electrode core has multiple portions that vary in thickness (a cross-section size) including a thin portion, which coupled with the spherical section, and a thick portion. When the core body is fitted to the core body holder, at least a portion of the shaft center section of the electrode core is thinner than the diameter of the spherical section of the electrode core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki HASHIMOTO, Shinya AOKI, Takenori KANEDA
  • Patent number: 11550442
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen with a cylindrical housing including an opening at an end portion of the housing on a pen tip side of the housing, a cylindrical member disposed in the housing and fixed to the housing at a part on the pen tip side of the housing, and a core body formed in a rod shape by a material containing a pigment, the core body including a body portion inserted into the cylindrical member through the opening of the housing and a pull-out portion configured to enable the core body to be pulled out of the housing. A diameter of the body portion of the core body inserted into the cylindrical member is larger than a difference between an outer diameter of the cylindrical member and an inner diameter of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenori Kaneda, Mamoru Ogata, Kenichi Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 11513642
    Abstract: A capacitive electronic pen includes a housing, a core body, and a peripheral electrode. In the capacitive electronic pen, the core body includes an electrode core formed of a conductor having a spherical section and a shaft center section. The spherical section of the electrode core is not surrounded by the peripheral electrode and is disposed on a tip (distal) end of the capacitive electronic pen protruding from one opening in the axial direction of the housing. The shaft center section of the electrode core has multiple portions that vary in thickness (a cross-section size) including a thin portion, which coupled with the spherical section, and a thick portion. When the core body is fitted to the core body holder, at least a portion of the shaft center section of the electrode core is thinner than the diameter of the spherical section of the electrode core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Shinya Aoki, Takenori Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20220276731
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a casing, an opening portion formed on one side of the casing, a core body that projects outside of the casing through the opening portion, a pen module part, and a core body insertion member disposed in the casing and having a hollow space that houses the core body. The hollow space includes a hollow portion between an inner circumferential surface of the core body insertion member and an outer circumferential surface of the core body when the core body insertion member houses the core body, the hollow portion communicating, via the opening portion, with a first space external to the electronic pen. The hollow portion is separated from a second space in which the pen module part is disposed within the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichi Ninomiya, Takayuki Arai, Kohei Tanaka, Takenori KANEDA
  • Publication number: 20220269359
    Abstract: An electronic pen cartridge is replaceable with a refill of a stationery ballpoint pen such that the stationery ballpoint pen housing can be reused as the electronic pen housing. The electronic pen cartridge is of a capacitance type and includes a pen tip which is projectable from an opening on one side in an axial direction of the pen housing. Inside the tubular cartridge housing are an electronic circuit including a signal transmission circuit configured to generate a signal to be supplied to a position detection sensor, and a rechargeable power storage device configured to supply a power supply voltage to the electronic circuit. A coil is wound around a rear end portion of the cartridge housing on a side of the cartridge housing opposite from the pen tip side. The power storage device is charged by a current induced in the coil based on an externally supplied magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya AOKI, Takenori KANEDA, Yoshiyuki HASHIMOTO, Toru EGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220261098
    Abstract: In a case in which an electronic pen main unit made into a cartridge is held movably in a casing, electrical connections between the electronic pen main unit and electronic circuit components of the casing are reliably established. The electronic pen main unit is fitted to a fitting part disposed in a casing of an electronic pen in which the pen tip side is made to be an opening and is housed in a state of being movable in a hollow part of the casing by a movement mechanism that moves the fitting part in the axial center direction of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya AOKI, Yoshiyuki HASHIMOTO, Takenori KANEDA
  • Publication number: 20220244798
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen including an electronic pen body portion, an electronic pen housing being a cylindrical body housing the electronic pen body portion, a connector portion including a connector substrate, and a terminal portion including a base portion raised from the connector substrate in a direction crossing an axial direction and a contact portion extended to a back end side from a position separated from the connector substrate on a back end surface of the base portion, and a connector housing being a cylindrical body housing the connector portion and connected to a back end side of the electronic pen housing. A cross section of the connector housing in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction is substantially triangular. An axial center of the connector substrate coincides with an axial center of the electronic pen body portion when the connector housing is attached to the electronic pen housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya AOKI, Yoshiyuki HASHIMOTO, Takenori KANEDA
  • Publication number: 20220214755
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a circuit board disposed such that an axial direction of a casing is aligned with a longitudinal direction of the circuit board, an electronic circuit on the circuit board, and a battery having a columnar shape disposed on a side of the circuit board opposite to a pen tip side of the circuit board inside a hollow portion of the casing such that positive and negative electrode conductors protruding from an end surface of the battery extend toward the circuit board. The battery is disposed such that a separation space is formed between the end surface and an end portion of the circuit board and such that tip portions of the positive and negative electrode conductors are in contact with the circuit board. The circuit board and the tip portions of the positive and negative electrode conductors are electrically connected to each other by soldered portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kohei TANAKA, Takayuki ARAI, Kenichi NINOMIYA, Takenori KANEDA
  • Patent number: 11379057
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a casing, an opening portion formed on one side of the casing, a core body that projects outside of the casing through the opening portion, a circuit board, and a core body insertion member disposed in the casing and having a hollow space that houses the core body. The hollow space includes a hollow portion between the core body insertion member and the core body when the core body insertion member houses the core body, the hollow portion communicating, via the opening portion, with a first space external to the electronic pen, and the hollow portion separated from a second space in which the circuit board is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ninomiya, Takayuki Arai, Kohei Tanaka, Takenori Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20220197411
    Abstract: A thin electronic pen main body is provided to enable a position detection sensor operated by a capacitance method to reliably detect pointed positions. There is provided an electronic pen main body that houses an electronic pen in a cylindrical housing in such a manner that at least a pen tip of the electronic pen may be projected from one opening of the cylindrical housing in an axial direction. The electronic pen main body includes a conductive center electrode, of which one end in the axial direction forms the pen tip, and a peripheral electrode disposed around the center electrode except at least for the pen tip, wherein the peripheral electrode is insulated from the center electrode. When the one end of the center electrode forming the pen tip is projected to the outside from the opening of the cylindrical housing upon use, a portion of the pen tip side of the peripheral electrode is also projected to the outside from the opening of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya AOKI, Yoshiyuki HASHIMOTO, Takenori KANEDA
  • Patent number: 11294480
    Abstract: An electronic pen of an electromagnetic coupling type has a resonant circuit that includes a coil and that is configured to indicate a position to a position detection sensor through electromagnetic coupling between the resonant circuit and the position detection sensor. The electronic pen includes an electronic pen main body and a pen tip unit configured to be detachable from the electronic pen main body. The pen tip unit includes a pen tip casing in which at least the coil is housed. The electronic pen main body includes a circuit portion of the resonant circuit that is electrically coupled to the coil housed in the pen tip unit when the pen tip unit is attached to the electronic pen main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Tanaka, Kenichi Ninomiya, Takenori Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20220100291
    Abstract: An electronic pen is provided that is enhanced in strength such as not to be bent or broken even when made to be thinner (smaller in diametric size). A connection section holds a core body at one end thereof and holds a circuit board at the other end thereof. The circuit board is accommodated in a board protecting pipe, which is fitted to the connection section. The board protecting pipe is provided with a side opening, and an operation on an electronic part on the circuit board accommodated therein and a work on an electronic circuit formed on the circuit board can be performed through the side opening. An electronic pen main body section wherein the core body and the circuit board and the board protecting pipe are united together through the connection section is accommodated in a casing, to constitute the electronic pen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Takenori KANEDA, Kenichi NINOMIYA, Takayuki ARAI, Kohei TANAKA, Ryuto SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11269464
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a tubular casing, and a first coupling member and a second coupling member that are coupled to each other in a hollow portion of the casing in an axial direction of the casing. In the axial direction, the first coupling member and the second coupling member are coupled to each other, and in a coupling portion between the first coupling member and the second coupling member, a welded portion that attaches the first coupling member and the second coupling member to each other is formed. The first coupling member is coupled to a core. The second coupling member holds a printed circuit board. The core of the core-side component is made of a conductive material. The second coupling member includes a conductor that supplies, to the core, a signal from a signal transmitting circuit on the printed circuit board with a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Tanaka, Hiroyuki Fujitsuka, Kenichi Ninomiya, Takenori Kaneda, Gunji Ishihara, Takashi Yamaguchi, Taketoshi Ito, Shuanglei Li
  • Patent number: D945420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Takenori Kaneda, Shinya Aoki
  • Patent number: D958143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Takenori Kaneda, Shinya Aoki