Granted Patent B2

US 12,301,273 · App. 17/882,008 · Granted May 13, 2025

Inventors: Bosoon Kang (Suwon-si, KR); Kangmoon Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Namsu Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jieun Myung (Suwon-si, KR); Dahyun Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Junwon Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jinhoo Lee (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

H04B1/3888G06F3/03545G09F9/301

Abstract

Claims (30)

1. A cover for an electronic device, the cover comprising: a first cover portion configured to be coupled to a first housing of the electronic device; a second cover portion configured to be coupled to a second housing of the electronic device; a connecting portion provided between the first cover portion and the second cover portion and extending in a first direction, wherein the connecting portion is configured such that the first cover portion and the second cover portion are superimposed on each other when folded or are unfolded; a pen holder configured to at least partially accommodate a pen and mounted on the connecting portion to be detachable; wherein the pen holder is configured to be mounted on the connecting portion by sliding in the first direction; and wherein the connecting portion includes a guide rail extending in the first direction, and wherein the pen holder includes a protruding portion at least partially accommodated in the guide rail.

2. The cover of claim 1 , wherein the first cover portion and the second cover portion are configured to be folded or unfolded with a folding axis parallel to the first direction therebetween as the connecting portion is bent.

3. The cover of claim 1 , wherein the pen holder further includes a holder portion configured to surround at least a portion of the pen, and wherein the protruding portion is formed on a surface of the holder portion.

4. The cover of claim 1 , wherein the guide rail includes a closed first end portion and an open second end portion, and wherein the pen holder is configured to be mounted on the connecting portion as a third end portion of the protruding portion enters the second end portion of the guide rail and slides toward the first end portion of the guide rail.

5. The cover of claim 4 , wherein the protruding portion includes a second protrusion protruding from the third end portion in the first direction, and

wherein the guide rail includes, on the first end portion, a second depression at least partially accommodating the second protrusion.

6. The cover of claim 5 , wherein the second depression is defined by a bottom surface and an inner wall of the guide rail, and

wherein at least a portion of the second protrusion is located between the inner wall and the bottom surface based on the pen holder being completely mounted on the connecting portion.

7. The cover of claim 6 , wherein the first cover portion and the second cover portion are connected with the connecting portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction based on the first cover portion and the second cover portion being unfolded, and

wherein the second protrusion at least partially overlaps the inner wall when the bottom surface of the guide rail is viewed in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

8. The cover of claim 7 , wherein the pen holder is fixed to the connecting portion in the third direction by the second protrusion and the second depression based on the pen holder being completely mounted on the connecting portion.

9. The cover of claim 4 , wherein the guide rail includes a first depression formed on a bottom surface thereof, and

wherein the protruding portion includes a first protrusion at least partially accommodated in the first depression based on the pen holder being completely mounted on the connecting portion.

10. The cover of claim 9 , wherein the first depression is adjacent to the second end portion of the guide rail.

11. The cover of claim 9 , wherein the pen holder is fixed to the connecting portion in the first direction by the first protrusion and the first depression based on the pen holder being completely mounted on the connecting portion.

12. The cover of claim 4 , wherein a first magnet is disposed on the guide rail, and

wherein a second magnet configured to form an attractive force with the first magnet disposed on the protruding portion of the pen holder.

13. The cover of claim 12 , wherein the first magnet is located on the open second end portion of the guide rail,

wherein the second magnet is located on one end portion of the pen holder, and

wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are configured to guide the pen holder to the open second end portion of the guide rail based on the pen holder being mounted on the connecting portion.

14. The cover of claim 1 , wherein the pen holder includes a holder portion configured to surround a portion of the pen, and

wherein the portion of the pen includes a first end portion on which a pen tip is located.

15. The cover of claim 14 , wherein the holder portion of the pen holder includes a fixing portion configured to at least partially surround a second end portion of the pen based on the pen being completely mounted in the pen holder, and

wherein the pen is configured to be mounted in the pen holder by moving in a direction inclined with respect to the first direction by the fixing portion.

16. The cover of claim 1 , wherein the connecting portion includes a central area on which the pen holder is mounted, a first extension area extending from the central area to the first cover portion, and a second extension area extending from the central area to the second cover portion, and

wherein the first extension area and the second extension area have a substantially same extension length.

17. The cover of claim 16 , wherein the central area comprises a rigid area, and

wherein each of the first extension area and the second extension area includes a flexible area deformable based on on a folding or unfolding motion of the electronic device.

18. The cover of claim 16 , wherein the connecting portion includes an inner surface configured to face a hinge housing of the electronic device in a folded state based on first cover portion and the second cover portion being superimposed on each other and an outer surface configured to face away from the inner surface, and

wherein the pen holder is mounted on the outer surface.

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