US 12,234,942 B2
Stand for electronic device and electronic device assembly
Hiroaki Tsurumi, Tokyo (JP); Sei Oonishi, Tokyo (JP); and Keiko Sato, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/998,071
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed May 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/017927
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/230246, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-086210 (JP), filed on May 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175640 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01); F16M 11/22 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 11/22 (2013.01) [F16M 11/041 (2013.01); H05K 5/0234 (2013.01); F16M 2200/068 (2013.01); F16M 2200/08 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stand for supporting an electronic device having a curved first exterior surface, the stand comprising:
a stand main body that is located in plan view inside an outer circumferential edge of the first exterior surface and that has a first supporting surface to make contact with the first exterior surface; and
an arm that extends from the stand main body toward the outer circumferential edge of the first exterior surface of the electronic device and that has an engagement section to engage with an exterior member of the electronic device,
wherein the engagement section of the arm includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion forming a first concaved edge receiving element and the second portion forming a second concaved edge receiving element spaced laterally away from the first concaved edge receiving element, and each of the first concaved edge receiving element and the second concaved edge receiving element engaging a respective portion of a peripheral edge of the curved first exterior surface of the electronic device.