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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Jeffrey A. Lev, Cypress, TX (US);
Pablo J. Salazar, Spring, TX (US);
Philip Ming-chuan Kao, Taipei, TW;
Jeffrey A. Lev, Cypress, TX (US);
Pablo J. Salazar, Spring, TX (US);
Philip Ming-Chuan Kao, Taipei, TW;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a pen/stylus apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment, among others, a pen/stylus apparatus comprises a chamber configured to receive a pen, a holding element having a shaft, the holding element configured to retain the pen in a partially-ejected position, a button having a retainer, the retainer configured to retain the shaft when the pen is completely-inserted in the chamber, and a biasing element adjacent to the holding element, the biasing element configured to eject the holding element to a position corresponding to the partially-ejected position of the pen when the retainer is released from the shaft.