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Granted Patent B2
US 11,157,046 · App. 16/845,188 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Electronic device

Inventors: Ting-Wen Pai (New Taipei, TW); Wen-Chieh Tai (New Taipei, TW); Cheng-Nan Ling (New Taipei, TW); Chih-Chun Liu (New Taipei, TW); Yu-Shih Wang (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
G06F1/1679G06F3/03545G06F2200/1632
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Patent No.
US 11,157,046
App. No.
16/845,188
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided, including a main body, a cover movably connected to the main body, a biasing element connected to the cover and the main body, a movable member movably disposed on the main body, and a magnetic element disposed on the movable member. When the cover is located in a closed position relative to the main body, the cover is attracted by the magnetic element and restricted in the closed position. When the movable member is pushed by an external force to move from its initial position to a first position, the movable member and the magnetic element separate from the cover, and the biasing element drives the cover to move from the closed position to an open position.

Claims (16)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a main body, having a recess;

a display unit pivotally connected to the main body, wherein the display unit is rotatable between a folded position and an unfolded position relative to the main body;

a cover, movably connected to the main body;

a biasing element, connected to the cover and the main body;

a movable member, movably disposed on the main body; and

a magnetic element, disposed on the movable member, wherein when the cover is located in a closed position relative to the main body, the cover is attracted by the magnetic element and restricted in the closed position;

wherein when the movable member is pushed by an external force to move from an initial position to a first position, the movable member and the magnetic element separate from the cover, and the biasing element drives the cover to move from the closed position to an open position;

wherein when the cover is in the open position and the display unit rotates relative to the main body to the folded position, the display unit is parallel to the main body, the cover is located between the display unit and the main body, and a gap is formed between the cover and the display unit.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a stylus detachably received in the recess.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the main body further has a protrusion located in the recess, and the stylus contacts the protrusion when received in the recess.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the main body further has two depressed portions, and the protrusion is located between the two depressed portions.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cover is pivotally connected to the main body.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the biasing member comprises a spring.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a resilient element connected to the main body and the movable member, wherein when the external force is released, the resilient element exerts an elastic force to move the movable member back to the initial position, and the direction of the elastic force is opposite the direction of the external force.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the movable member has a button portion and an extending portion connected to each other, the button portion is exposed to a surface of the main body, and the magnetic element is disposed on the extending portion, wherein the extending portion faces the cover when the cover is in the closed position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2020
From: PAI, TING-WEN; TAI, WEN-CHIEH; LING, CHENG-NAN; LIU, CHIH-CHUN; WANG, YU-SHIH
To: ACER INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 052362/0871 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 108210955 · Aug 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210055762A1 · Feb 25, 2021