IP Library Granted Patent US 12,055,979
Granted Patent B2
US 12,055,979 · App. 18/068,496 · Granted Aug 6, 2024

Keyboard, stand, and keyboard-stand set

Inventors: Tatsuya Hosokai (Yokohama, JP); Muneki Sugiyama (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
G06F1/1669G06F1/1632G06F1/166G06F1/1667G06F3/0202G06F3/0208
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Patent No.
US 12,055,979
App. No.
18/068,496
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A keyboard includes: a recessed portion formed along a rear edge and open from a rear surface to a bottom surface; and a magnet located at a recessed portion top surface. A stand includes: a frame body that abuts a rear surface of an electronic apparatus; a plate connected to part of the frame body via a torque hinge, and having a distal edge abutting a placement surface in a state of being open relative to a frame surface of the frame body; a band portion connected to a long-side frame of the frame body along the long-side frame, and having a width that allows side surfaces of the electronic apparatus to be supported; and a bar of an iron material located along a distal edge of the band portion.

Claims (50)

1. A keyboard that performs wireless input to an electronic apparatus, the keyboard comprising:

a recessed portion along a rear edge of the keyboard and open from a rear surface of the keyboard to a bottom surface of the keyboard;

a keyboard magnet is between a top surface of the keyboard and a recessed portion top surface which is a top surface of the of the recessed portion; and

an elongated keyboard leg portion includes a U-shaped rubber leg at a bottom end, a cover at an opposite top end and a keyboard leg portion magnet therein;

wherein the keyboard leg portion and an elongated bar of a stand to support the keyboard are selectively attachable in and along the recessed portion;

wherein the keyboard leg portion extends beyond the bottom surface of the keyboard when the keyboard leg portion is attached in and along the recessed portion;

wherein the keyboard leg portion fills the entire recessed portion in a longitudinal cross section view when the keyboard leg portion is attached in and along the recessed portion;

wherein the bar fills less than the entire recessed portion in a longitudinal cross section view when the bar is attached in and along the recessed portion; and

wherein the bar and the keyboard leg portion substantially extend along a width of the recessed portion.

2. The keyboard according to claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion top surface is planar.

3. A stand that supports an electronic apparatus in an upright state, the stand comprising:

a frame body that abuts a rear surface of the electronic apparatus;

a plurality of frame body magnets embedded in and along opposite side edges of the frame body;

a stand leg portion that is connected to part of the frame body via a torque hinge, and partly abuts a placement surface when the frame body is open relative to a frame surface of the frame body;

a flexible band portion that is connected along one side edge of the frame body, and has a width that allows side surfaces of the electronic apparatus to be supported; and

an elongated bar along a distal edge of the flexible band portion opposite the one side edge of the frame body, wherein the bar is a magnetic material,

wherein the bar and a keyboard leg portion are selectively attachable in and along a recessed portion of a keyboard;

wherein the bar extends to a point less than a bottom surface of the keyboard when the bar is attached in and along the recessed portion;

wherein the bar fills less than the entire recessed portion in a longitudinal cross section view when the bar is attached in and along the recessed portion;

wherein the keyboard leg portion fills the entire recessed portion in a longitudinal cross section view when the keyboard leg portion is attached in and along the recessed portion; and

wherein the bar and the keyboard leg portion substantially extend along a width of the recessed portion.

4. The stand according to claim 3 , wherein the bar is an iron material.

5. The stand according to claim 3 , wherein the band portion includes two cloth materials that are elastic in a thickness direction, and

wherein the cloth materials cover the frame body and the bar.

6. The stand according to claim 3 , wherein the bar is a round bar.

7. The stand according to claim 3 , wherein the torque hinge is connected to the stand leg portion at another side edge of the frame body on a side farther from the flexible band portion, and

wherein the stand leg portion has a rectangular shape that closes an opening of the frame body when fitted into the opening.

8. The stand according to claim 3 , wherein an anti-slip material is on a surface of the band portion.

9. The stand according to claim 3 , wherein the electronic apparatus includes an apparatus magnet, and

wherein one of the plurality of frame body magnets is at a position to be attractable by the apparatus magnet.

10. A keyboard-stand set comprising:

a keyboard that performs wireless input to an electronic apparatus; and

a stand that supports the electronic apparatus in an upright state,

wherein the keyboard includes:

a recessed portion along a rear edge of the keyboard and open from a rear surface of the keyboard to a bottom surface of the keyboard;

a keyboard magnet in the keyboard wherein the keyboard magnet is between a top surface of the keyboard and a recessed portion top surface which is a top surface of the recessed portion; and

an elongated keyboard leg portion includes a U-shaped rubber leg at a bottom end, a cover at an opposite top end and a keyboard leg portion magnet therein;

wherein the keyboard leg portion and an elongated bar of the stand are selectively attachable in and along the recessed portion;

wherein the keyboard leg portion extends beyond a bottom surface of the keyboard when the keyboard leg portion is attached in and along the recessed portion;

wherein the keyboard leg portion fills the entire recessed portion in a longitudinal cross section view when the keyboard leg portion is attached in and along the recessed portion;

wherein the stand includes:

a frame body that abuts a rear surface of the electronic apparatus;

a plurality of frame magnets embedded in and along opposite side edges of the frame body;

a stand leg portion that is connected to part of the frame body via a torque hinge, and partly abuts a placement surface when the frame body is open relative to a frame surface of the frame body;

a flexible band portion that is connected along one perimeter edge of the frame body, and has a width that allows side surfaces of the electronic apparatus to be supported; and

the bar is along a distal edge of the flexible band portion opposite the one perimeter edge of the frame body, wherein the bar is a magnetic material,

wherein the bar extends to a point less than the bottom surface of the keyboard when the bar is attached in and along the recessed portion;

wherein the bar fills less than the entire recessed portion in a longitudinal cross section view when the bar is attached in and along the recessed portion,

wherein the recessed portion has a width and a height that allow the bar to be inserted therein, and

wherein the bar and the keyboard leg portion substantially extend along the width of the recessed portion.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070266/0977 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2022
From: HOSOKAI, TATSUYA; SUGIYAMA, MUNEKI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 062148/0948 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-022875 · Feb 17, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230259175A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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