PORTABLE COMPUTING APPARATUS

• US 20140347802A1
• Filed: 11/14/2013
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ueran Technology LLC
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: LEE, Myoung-kyu
• Granted Patent: US 9,389,640 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.17
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use

Abstract

A portable computing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept includes a first device, and a second device having a coupling groove where the first device is detechably coupled, where the first device has a first coupling position where a first end of the first device is coupled with the coupling groove by a first connection angle, and a second coupling position where a second end of the first device is coupled with a second connection angle different from the first connection angle.

Claims

1. A portable computing apparatus comprising:

a first device; and

a second device having a coupling groove where the first device is detechably coupled,

wherein the first device has a first coupling position where a first end of the first device is coupled with the coupling groove by a first connection angle, and a second coupling position where a second end of the first device is coupled with a second connection angle different from the first connection angle.

2. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein each of the first end and second end of the first device has an exterior shape matching that of the coupling groove.

3. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the second device comprises a fixing member protruded from an inner surface of the coupling groove with a protruding angle, and

wherein the first device has a first fixing member insertion groove formed on the first end so that the fixing member is inserted at the first coupling position, and a second fixing member insertion groove formed on the second end so that the fixing member is inserted at the second coupling position.

4. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the protruding angle is same as the first connection angle.

5. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein each of the first fixing member insertion groove and second fixing member insertion groove has a shape matching that of the fixing member.

6. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the first device has an image display surface, and

wherein an inclination angle of the first fixing member insertion groove with respect to the image display surface and an inclination angle of the second fixing member insertion groove with respect to the image display surface are different from each other so that the first connection angle and the second connection angle are different from each other.

7. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein a difference between the inclination angle of the first fixing member insertion groove and the inclination angle of the second fixing member insertion groove is same as a difference between the first connection angle and the second connection angle.

8. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the second connection angle is the sum of the inclination angle and the protruding angle.

9. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein on each inner surface of the first and second fixing member insertion grooves, a transmission connector is provided, and on the fixing member, there is formed a connector insertion groove where the transmission connected is inserted when the first device is coupled with the second device.

10. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein on an inner surface of the coupling groove, at least one guide pin is provided for guiding a coupling between the first device and second device, and

wherein on a first end of the first device, there is provided at least one first pin groove where the guide pin is inserted at the first coupling position, and on a second end of the first device, there is formed at least one second pin groove where the guide pin is inserted at the second coupling position.

11. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the first fixing member insertion groove has a same inclination angle as the first pin groove, and

wherein the second fixing member insertion groove and the second pin groove have a same inclination angle.

12. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein an inner surface of the coupling groove comprises a first support surface to support a front surface of the first device and a second support surface to support a rear surface of the first device, and

wherein to each of the first support surface and second support surface, at least one protection member for preventing damage of the first device is attached.

13. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first end and second end of the first device is a lower end and upper end of the first device.

14. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first end and second end of the first device is a left end and right end of the first device.

15. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first device further has a third coupling position where a third end of the first device is coupled with the coupling groove, and a fourth coupling position where a fourth end of the first device is coupled with the coupling groove.

16. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the first end, second end, third end, and fourth end of the first device is a lower end, upper end, left end, and right end of the first device.

17. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first device is a tablet computer, and the second device is a keyboard device used as a input device for the tablet computer.

18. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 17,

wherein the coupling groove is extended side to side on an upper end of the keyboard device.

19. A portable computing apparatus comprising:

a first device where a first fixing member insertion groove is formed on its first end, and a second fixing member insertion groove is formed on its second end; and

a second device having a fixing member insertable into the first and second fixing members,

wherein the first device is coupled with the second device in a detachable manner by a coupling between the first fixing member insertion groove and the fixing member by a first connection angle, or coupled with the second device by a coupling between the second fixing member insertion groove and the fixing member by a second connection angle different from the first connection angle.

20. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 19,

wherein the second device has a coupling groove where a first end or second end of the first device is inserted when the first device and second device are coupled with each other, and

wherein the fixing member is disposed in the coupling groove.

21. The portable computing apparatus according to claim 20,

wherein the first device has an image display surface, and

wherein an inclination angle of the first fixing member insertion groove with respect to the image display surface and an inclination angle of the second fixing member insertion groove with respect to the image display surface are different from each other so that the first connection angle and the second connection angle are different from each other.