Protecting cover

• US 9,268,365 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2013
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Chang, Chun-Che
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Weinerth, Gideon
• Application Number:
  US14/048,046
• Publication Number:
  US 20140102924A1
• Time in Patent Office: 868 Days
• Field of Search: 220/230, 163/20, 16327-330
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/003 for portable computing devices, e.g. laptop, tablet, netbook, game boy, navigation system, calculator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1633 Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1669 Detachable keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1688 the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1634 Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer

Abstract

A protecting cover detachably disposed at an electronic device is provided. The electronic device has an arc side and a first magnetic element disposed in the arc side. The protecting cover includes a covering part and a pivot part. The pivot part is connected to the covering part, and the pivot part includes an arc area and a second magnetic element disposed in the arc area. The outer line of the arc area corresponds to the arc side, and the first magnetic element is magnetically attracted with the second magnetic element to make the pivot part detachably connected to the arc side. The protecting cover uses the second magnetic element in the pivot part to attract the electronic device with the first magnetic element in the arc side, and thus the protecting cover can be fixed at the electronic device.

Claims

1. A protecting cover adapted for an electronic device, wherein the electronic device includes an arc side and a first magnetic element, disposed in the arc side, the protecting cover comprising:

a covering part; and

a pivot part connected to the covering part, wherein the pivot part includes;

an arc area having a curvature that matches the arc side of the electronic device, wherein the arc area includes two holding recesses at two sides of the arc area;

a second magnetic element, embedded in the arc area, wherein the first magnetic element is magnetically attracted to the second magnetic element to detachably connect the pivot part to the electronic device; and

two end parts disposed at either end of the arc area, each of the end parts including a protruding column extending into and moving within the corresponding holding recess thereby allowing the arc area to move between an initial position and a stretching position relative to the two end parts.

2. The protecting cover according to claim 1, wherein the protecting cover further includes:

a third magnetic element disposed at the covering part.

3. The protecting cover according to claim 1, wherein the covering part includes multiple creases to define multiple folding blocks.

4. The protecting cover according to claim 2, wherein the protecting cover is also applied to a portable peripheral device, the peripheral device includes a fourth magnetic element, and the fourth magnetic element is magnetically attracted with the third magnetic element to make the peripheral device detachably fixed at the covering part.

5. The protecting cover according to claim 4, wherein the fourth magnetic element is made of metal or a magnetic material corresponding to the third magnetic element.

6. The protecting cover according to claim 3, wherein the protecting cover further includes:

a pair of fifth magnetic elements disposed in two adjacent folding blocks, respectively, wherein when the two folding blocks approach each other, the fifth magnetic elements attract each other to make the protecting cover in a supporting state.

7. The protecting cover according to claim 1, wherein the arc area further includes two sixth magnetic elements beside the two protruding columns when the arc area is at the initial position, and the protruding columns are made of metal or a magnetic material corresponding to the sixth magnetic elements.

8. The protecting cover according to claim 1 wherein when the pivot part is disposed at a side of the electronic device and the covering part contacts the electronic device, the arc area is at the initial position relative to the end parts, and when the pivot part is disposed at a side of the electronic device and a peripheral device is disposed between the covering part and the electronic device, the arc area is at the stretching position relative to the end parts.