Portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor

• US 8,016,255 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2009
• Issued: 09/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pi-Fen Lin
• Original Assignee: Pi-Fen Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Pi-Fen
• Primary Examiner(s): Sterling; Amy J
• Assistant Examiner(s): SMITH, ERIN W
• Application Number:
  US12/382,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20100102182A1
• Time in Patent Office: 921 Days
• Field of Search: 248/206.5, 248/205.1, 248/467, 248/447.1, 248/309.4, 211/26, 211/26.1, 211/13.1
• US Class Current: 248/206.5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1607 Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention discloses a portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor. The magnetic fixation board is disposed on a surface of a wall or a casing of an electrical product. The portable electronic device has at least one first magnetic element and the magnetic fixation board has at least one second magnetic element. The second and the first magnetic elements magnetically attract each other and the portable electronic device is attached to the magnetic fixation board. Based on the attraction interaction between the first magnetic element of the portable electronic device and the second magnetic element of the magnetic fixation board, when the portable electronic device is standing idle, users can directly locate the portable electronic device on the magnetic fixation board in the attraction mode and arrange the portable electronic device conveniently, thereby improving the impressions of using electrical products.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor, comprising:

a portable electronic device having a first magnetic unit, a first light-emitting element, and a first electromagnetic transformer unit electrically connected to the first light-emitting element; and

a magnetic fixation board

for disposing on a surface, the magnetic fixation board having a second magnetic unit, a second light-emitting element, and a second electromagnetic transformer unit electrically connected with the second light-emitting element, wherein the portable electronic device is detachably coupled to the magnetic fixation board,

wherein the illumination of the first and the second light-emitting elements is triggered by the attachment and detachment of the portable electronic device to and from the magnetic fixation board.

2. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first magnetic unit and the second magnetic unit are magnets.

3. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first magnetic unit is a magnet and the second magnetic unit is a metallic element magnetically attractive by the first magnetic unit.

4. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second magnetic unit is a magnet and the first magnetic unit is a metallic element magnetically attractive by the second magnetic unit.

5. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the magnetic fixation board has a plurality of second magnetic units, and the second magnetic units are arranged radially around the centre of the magnetic fixation board.

6. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the magnetic fixation board has an adhesive element disposed on the rear surface thereof, which adheres to the surface of a wall or the casing of an electrical product.

7. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 6, wherein the adhesive element is an adhesive strip.

8. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 5, wherein the magnetic fixation board has a fluorescent coating formed on a front surface of the magnetic fixation board and surrounding the second magnetic units.

9. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are light-emitting diodes, and the second light-emitting element surrounds the second magnetic unit and is disposed on a front surface of the magnetic fixation board.

10. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is a remote controller, a wireless telephone or a digital photo frame.

11. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the portable electronic device is attached to the magnetic fixation board, the first electromagnetic transform unit causes the first light-emitting element to be switched off and the second electromagnetic transform unit drives the second light-emitting element to emit light.

12. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the portable electronic device is taken off from the magnetic fixation board, the first electromagnetic transform unit causes the first light-emitting element to emit light and the second electromagnetic transform unit causes the second light-emitting element to be switched off.

13. A portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor, comprising:

a portable electronic device having a first magnetic unit, a first terminal unit and a battery connected to the first terminal unit; and

a magnetic fixation board for disposing on a surface having a second magnetic unit and a second terminal unit,

wherein the portable electronic device is detachably coupled to the magnetic fixation board,

wherein the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit are electrically connectable for charging the battery of the portable electronic device.

14. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first magnetic unit and the second magnetic unit are magnets.

15. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first magnetic unit is a magnet and the second magnetic unit is a metalic element magnetically attractive by the first magnetic unit.

16. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 13, wherein the second magnetic unit is a magnet and the first magnetic unit is a metalic element magnetically attractive by the second magnetic unit.

17. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 13, wherein the magnetic fixation board has a plurality of second magnetic units, and the second magnetic units are arranged radially around the centre of the magnetic fixation board.

18. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 13, wherein the magnetic fixation board has an adhesive element disposed on the rear surface thereof, which adheres to the surface of a wall or the casing of an electrical product.

19. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 18, wherein the adhesive element is an adhesive strip.

20. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 17, wherein the magnetic fixation board has a fluorescent coating formed on a front surface of the magnetic fixation board and surrounding the second magnetic units.

21. The portable electronic device and magnetic fixation board therefor as claimed in claim 13, wherein the portable electronic device is a remote controller, a wireless telephone or a digital photo frame.