Accessory having a communication function for internet of things

• US 10,110,974 B2
• Filed: 05/25/2017
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Dooyul, Goo, Kyeonggyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Li, Shi K
• Application Number:
  US15/605,083
• Publication Number:
  US 20170347168A1
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/40 Remote control systems using repeaters, converters, gateways
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/114 Indoor or close-range type systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/02 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

An accessory includes a main body that includes a communication module that is configured to communicate with a predetermined network, and a container including a main body-coupling portion that is located at an upper portion of the container and configured to separably couple to the main body, the container being made of a material that is able to be injection-molded. The container includes an outer portion that is exposed to an outside of the container based on the main body being coupled to the container, and an inner portion that is recessed downward to thereby define the main body-coupling portion, the inner portion including a bottom portion that defines a bottom surface of the inner portion, and an inclined portion that extends upward from a circumference of the bottom surface and outward with respect to a central axis passing through the container in a vertical direction.

Claims

1. An accessory comprising:

a main body that includes a communication module that is configured to communicate with a predetermined network; and

a container including a main body-coupling portion that is located at an upper portion of the container and configured to separably couple to the main body, the container being made of a material that is able to be injection-molded,

wherein the container includes;

an outer portion that is exposed to an outside of the container based on the main body being coupled to the container, and

an inner portion that is recessed downward to thereby define the main body-coupling portion, the inner portion including a bottom portion that defines a bottom surface of the inner portion and an inclined portion that extends upward from a circumference of the bottom surface and outward with respect to a central axis passing through the container in a vertical direction.

2. The accessory of claim 1, wherein the outer portion includes an outward surface that is located radially outward from the central axis, the outward surface defining a catching recess that is located at a lower portion of the outward surface and depressed radially inward toward the central axis.

3. The accessory of claim 2, wherein the outward surface includes an inclined surface that slopes with respect to the central axis, the outward surface becoming closer to the central axis in an upward direction.

4. The accessory of claim 1, wherein the inclined portion of the inner portion has a first section connected to the bottom surface and a second section extending radially outward from the first section, and

wherein an inclination angle of the second section with respect to the bottom surface is greater than an inclination angle of the first section.

5. The accessory of claim 1, wherein the container further includes:

a container body that defines the bottom portion and the inclined portion; and

a container side member that defines an outward surface,

wherein the container body includes a contact surface that is oriented radially outward and contacts the container side member.

6. The accessory of claim 5, wherein the contact surface defines a catching recess that is depressed radially inward toward the inclined portion.

7. The accessory of claim 6, wherein both of the catching recess and the inclined portion are disposed in a horizontal imaginary plane parallel with the bottom surface.

8. The accessory of claim 6, wherein the outward surface includes an inclined surface that slopes with respect to the central axis, the outward surface becoming closer to the central axis in an upward direction.

9. The accessory of claim 8, wherein the container side member includes an inward surface opposite the outward surface, the inward surface being oriented radially inward toward the central axis, and

wherein the container side member has a uniform thickness between the outward surface and the inward surface.

10. The accessory of claim 6, wherein the container side member includes an inward surface opposite the outward surface, the inward surface being oriented radially inward toward the central axis, and

wherein the inward surface includes an inclined surface that slopes with respect to the central axis, the inward surface becoming closer to the central axis in an upward direction.

11. The accessory of claim 10, wherein the contact surface of the container body contacts the inward surface of the container side member, and

wherein the catching recess is defined at a lower part of the contact surface.

12. The accessory of claim 6, wherein the container side member includes an inward surface opposite the outward surface, the inward surface being oriented radially inward toward the central axis, and

wherein the container side member includes a couple hook located on the inward surface, the couple hook being configured to be inserted into the catching recess of the container body.

13. The accessory of claim 6, wherein the inclined portion extends in a circumferential direction, and the catching recess extends in the circumferential direction.

14. The accessory of claim 5, wherein the main body includes an attachment-detachment groove,

wherein the container side member includes an inward surface opposite the outward surface, the inward surface being oriented radially inward toward the central axis,

wherein the inner portion of the container further includes an attachment-detachment protrusion that protrudes from the inward surface and that is located vertically above the inclined portion, the attachment-detachment protrusion being configured to be inserted into the attachment-detachment groove based on the main body being coupled to the container.

15. The accessory of claim 14, wherein the container side member has a central opening that receives the container body based on the container body coupling to the container side member.

16. The accessory of claim 15, wherein the contact surface of the container body defines a guide recess that extends vertically, and

wherein the container side member includes a guide protrusion that protrudes from the inward surface, the guide protrusion being configured to be inserted into the guide recess.

17. An accessory comprising:

a main body that includes a communication module that is configured to communicate with a predetermined network; and

a container including a main body-coupling portion that is located at an upper portion of the container and configured to separably couple to the main body, the container being made of a material that is able to be injection-molded,

wherein the container includes;

an inner portion that is depressed downward, the inner portion defining the main body-coupling portion and a bottom portion thereof, and

an outer portion that is exposed outward based on the main body being coupled to the container, the outer portion including an outward surface that is oriented radially outward from a central axis passing through the container in a vertical direction and that includes an inclined surface that slopes with respect to the central axis, the inclined surface becoming closer to the central axis in an upward direction, and

wherein the container further includes;

a container body that defines the bottom portion of the inner portion, the container body including a contact surface facing radially outward and a catching recess depressed radially inward from a lower portion of the contact surface, and

a container side member that defines the outward surface, the contact surface of the container body contacting the container side member.

18. The accessory of claim 17, wherein the container side member includes an inward surface opposite the outward surface, the inward surface being oriented inward toward the central axis and contacting the contact surface of the container body.

19. The accessory of claim 18, wherein the container side member has a uniform thickness between the outward surface and the inward surface.