US 12,147,615 B2
Information handling system stylus body with flexible button actuator
Peng Lip Goh, Singapore (SG); Gerald R. Pelissier, Mendham, NJ (US); and Mark J. Law, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/723,867.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333672 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/03545 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0383 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/04162 (2019.05); G06F 3/0441 (2019.05); G06F 3/0442 (2019.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a housing;
a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions that process information;
a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
a display coupled to the housing and having a touchscreen interfaced with the processor to detect touch inputs; and
a stylus separate from the housing having a cylindrical housing with a writing tip extending from one end, the cylindrical housing having a material of a first thickness and having a button formed with the material and defined by the material of a second thickness of less than the first thickness, the material continuous between the first and second thicknesses, the button is located at a second end opposite the first end and extending outward from the cylindrical housing material of the first thickness to overlap an end cap coupled to the second end.