US 12,153,478 B2
Electronic device including stylus pen fixing device
Sungkwang Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yitae Kang, Suwon-si (KR); and Juhyoung Kang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/877,430.
Application 17/877,430 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/009921, filed on Jul. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0089906 (KR), filed on Jul. 8, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0191094 (KR), filed on Dec. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020857 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 1/169 (2013.01) [G06F 3/03545 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a guide portion formed in the housing having a shape corresponding to a pen input device to accommodate the pen input device; and
a fixing member disposed in the housing and comprising:
a hole disposed in the fixing member and extending from a first surface of the fixing member to a second surface of the fixing member opposite the first surface;
a deformation portion movable relative to the hole and comprising a rubber material; and
an engagement protrusion protruding from the deformation portion and including an engagement portion formed at an end of the engagement protrusion, at least a portion of the engagement protrusion being disposed inside the guide portion,
wherein when at least a portion of the pen input device is inserted into and moved along the guide portion, the deformation portion moves in a first direction through contact of the engagement protrusion with a surface of the pen input device and a size of the hole decreases through deformation of the deformation portion, and
wherein when an engagement groove of the pen input device is positioned at the engagement protrusion, the deformation portion moves in a second direction opposite to the first direction through elastic force and the engagement protrusion is fastened to the engagement groove.
 
11. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a guide portion formed in the housing and having a shape corresponding to a pen input device to accommodate the pen input device;
a fixing member comprising a body disposed in the housing adjacent to the guide portion; and an engagement protrusion protruding from the body and including an engagement portion formed at an end of the engagement protrusion, at least a portion of the engagement protrusion is being disposed inside the guide portion;
a bracket disposed in the housing adjacent to the guide portion and accommodating the body of the fixing member, the bracket including:
an opening formed on a first portion of the bracket; and
an elastic member disposed inside the bracket between a second portion of the bracket facing the first portion of the bracket and the fixing member,
wherein at least a portion of the engagement protrusion of the fixing member passes through the opening of the bracket to be disposed in the guide portion,
wherein the engagement portion comprises a first inclined surface having a first inclination with respect to an insertion direction of the pen input device and a second inclined surface having a second inclination with respect to the insertion direction of the pen input device,
wherein the first inclination is less than the second inclination,
wherein when the pen input device is inserted into the guide portion of the housing, the first inclined surface contacts the pen input device before the second inclined surface,
wherein the first inclined surface contacts the pen input device during insertion of the pen input device into the guide portion of the housing,
wherein when the pen input device is withdrawn from the guide portion of the housing, the second inclined surface exits from an engagement groove of the pen input device before the first inclined surface, and
wherein the second inclined surface contacts the pen input device during withdrawal of the pen input device from the guide portion of the housing.