IP Library Granted Patent US 11,042,199
Granted Patent B2
US 11,042,199 · App. 16/882,612 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Portable electronic device

Inventor: Hung-Lu Chan (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
G06F1/169G06F1/1681G06F2200/1632
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Patent No.
US 11,042,199
App. No.
16/882,612
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a cover, a hinge structure, a base, and a removable component. The base is pivotally connected to the cover through the hinge structure, and the base comprises an accommodating groove adjacent to the cover. The removable component is detachably disposed in the accommodating groove. When the removable component is disposed at a first position in the accommodating groove, the hinge structure locks a rotation of the cover relative to the base.

Claims (18)

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a cover;

a hinge structure;

a base, pivotally connected to the cover through the hinge structure, and comprising an accommodating groove adjacent to the cover; and

a removable component, detachably disposed in the accommodating groove, wherein when the removable component is disposed at a first position in the accommodating groove, the hinge structure locks a rotation of the cover relative to the base.

2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein when the removable component is disposed at a second position in the accommodating groove, the hinge structure unlocks the rotation of the cover relative to the base.

3. The portable electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the hinge structure comprises:

a convex portion, connected to the cover; and

a buckle mechanism, connected to the base and movably sleeved on the convex portion, wherein

when the removable component is disposed at the first position in the accommodating groove, the buckle mechanism is sleeved on the convex portion, so that the cover is fixed to the base, and

when the removable component is disposed at the second position in the accommodating groove, the buckle mechanism is far from the convex portion, so that the cover rotates relative to the base.

4. The portable electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the buckle mechanism further comprises a groove, and a shape of an accommodating space of the groove is the same as a shape of the convex portion, so that the groove and the convex portion are embedded with each other when the buckle mechanism is sleeved on the convex portion.

5. The portable electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the accommodating groove comprises a first magnetic component and the removable component comprises a second magnetic component, wherein when the removable component is disposed at the second position in the accommodating groove, the first magnetic component and the second magnetic component interact to generate a signal, and the signal drives the hinge structure to unlock the rotation of the cover relative to the base.

6. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the removable component is a stylus.

7. The portable electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the stylus comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion are separable, the first portion comprises a pen tip, and the second portion comprises a pen cap used for accommodating the pen tip.

8. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the hinge structure comprises a first end and a second end disposed on the base in parallel, and the accommodating groove is disposed between the first end and the second end.

9. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the removable component rotates from the first position to the second position in the accommodating groove along an axial direction.

10. The portable electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the hinge structure rotates along the axial direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2020
From: CHAN, HUNG-LU
To: PEGATRON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 108207825 · Jun 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200401186A1 · Dec 24, 2020