Multi-Angle Cradling Electronic Device with Magnetic and Sliding Stopper
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices with magnetic connections are limited to fixed angles, making it difficult to accommodate various user scenarios and provide versatile user experiences, such as using one housing as a keyboard and another as a display at angles other than 0 or 180 degrees.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device design that incorporates magnetic bodies and sliding members to allow for connection and cradling at various angles, using a magnetic force to maintain the connected state and a stopping structure to secure the position, enabling angles between 120 and 150 degrees or other configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If magnetic bodies are used to connect two housings, then the connection is simple and maintains stability, but the connection angles are fixed at 0 or 180 degrees only
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a stopper structure with multiple stopper positions that allow the second housing to be rotated and fixed at various angles (0°, 180°, and intermediate angles) relative to the first housing. This transforms the static magnetic connection into a dynamic system that can adapt to different angular positions while maintaining stable connection through the stopper mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The stopper structure acts as an intermediary element between the two magnetic housings. It mediates the connection by providing discrete angular positions where the housing can be securely held, enabling angle variability while preserving connection stability through the stopper's physical constraint mechanism.
2Device complexity
If the connection angles are fixed, then the magnetic connection is simple, but it is difficult to accommodate various user situations and provide versatile user experiences
Solution Approach 1:
The stopper structure enables the connection mechanism to transition from a fixed-angle design to a multi-angle design. By incorporating rotatable and stoppable features, the system maintains relative simplicity while gaining the ability to adapt to various user situations such as using one housing as a keyboard and another as a display at different angles.
Solution Approach 2:
The multi-angle stopper structure makes the connection mechanism universal, capable of supporting multiple usage scenarios. The same basic magnetic connection structure can now accommodate different functional configurations (keyboard-display arrangements, various viewing angles, etc.) without requiring fundamentally different connection mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the electronic device to be cradled at multiple angles, enhancing user experience by providing flexibility and convenience in usage scenarios.
Implementation Method 1
at least one second magnetic body forming a portion of the second housing and configured to apply a force for maintaining a rotatably connected state of the second housing to the first housing using a magnetic force with the first magnetic body
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is an electronic device that can be cradled at various angles using a magnetic force and a stopper structure. An electronic device according to various embodiments or the present disclosure may include: a first housing having a first cover disposed in a first direction and a second cover disposed in a second direction opposite the first direction; a second housing having a third cover disposed in a third direction and a fourth cover disposed in a fourth direction opposite the third direction; at least one first magnetic body forming a portion of the first housing; at least one second magnetic body forming a portion of the second housing, and configured to apply a force for maintaining a rotatably connected state of the second housing to the first housing using a magnetic force with the first magnetic body; a first sliding member forming a portion of the first housing, and a second sliding member forming a portion of the second housing to face the first sliding member such that the second housing is configured to be obliquely cradled to the first housing by being in contact with the first sliding member.