US 12,265,422 B2
Contact structure for coupling with external electronic device and electronic device including same
Jinho Lim, Suwon-si (KR); Heecheul Moon, Suwon-si (KR); Jihoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Byounguk Yoon, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/168,279.
Application 18/168,279 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/014542, filed on Sep. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0142828 (KR), filed on Oct. 25, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0165838 (KR), filed on Nov. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0195168 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1679 (2013.01); G06F 1/1654 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cover device of an electronic device, the cover device comprising:
a cover housing configured to cover at least a portion of the electronic device in a first state in which the electronic device is electrically coupled to the cover device; and
a bracket including a first surface on which a terminal part is disposed and a second surface which faces the cover housing,
wherein the bracket includes at least one first magnet disposed adjacent to the first surface and at least one second magnet disposed adjacent to the second surface,
wherein the cover housing includes at least one third magnet, and
wherein the at least one third magnet is disposed to align with the at least one second magnet in a second state in which the electronic device is electrically isolated from the cover device.