Pen holding devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11320916-B2
Application number	US-201616092112-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2016
Priority date	Jul 22, 2016
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

Example implementations relate to pen holding devices. In an example, a pen holding device can comprise a connector coupled to a receiver to couple the pen holding device to an electronic device, and the receiver including a magnet and a pen clip holder, the receiver to couple a pen via the magnet and the pen clip holder.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A pen holding device, comprising:
a connector coupled to a receiver, wherein the connector includes a U-shaped flexible end that extends from a distal end of the connector and is disposable against a surface of a standardized interface of an electronic device to compress the U-shaped flexible end and thereby exert spring tension against the surface of the standardized interface to removably couple the pen holding device to a standardized interface of a plurality of standardized interfaces of the electronic device, wherein the plurality of standardized interfaces includes a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) standardized interface, a micro secure digital (SD) card standardized interface, a kensington lock standardized interface, a cable lock standardized interface, or a universal serial bus (USB) standardized interface; and
the receiver including a magnet and a pen clip holder, the receiver to couple a pen via the magnet and the pen clip holder, and wherein the pen holding device includes a plurality of connectors, each of the plurality of connectors is to be coupled to a respective standardized interface of the electronic device.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the receiver is unremovably coupled to the connector to prevent a disassembly of the pen holding device.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the pen holding device includes the magnet positioned adjacent to the pen clip holder to couple the pen via both the magnet and the pen clip holder at the same time.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the receiver is to couple a pen clip of the pen to provide additional frictional coupling via the pen clip holder.

5. The device of claim 3 , wherein the receiver is to, upon coupling the pen clip, limit an orientation of the pen along a longitudinal axis of the pen to secure the coupling between the pen and the receiver.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the receiver includes a snap feature to couple and detach the pen.

7. A system, comprising:
an electronic device including a standardized interface; and
a pen holding device including a connector with a U-shaped flexible end that extends from a distal end of the connector and is disposable against a surface of a standardized interface of an electronic device to compress the U-shaped flexible end and thereby exert spring tension against the surface of the standardized interface to removably couple the pen holding device to a surface of a standardized interface of the electronic device and wherein the pen holding device includes a magnet and a pen clip holder to removably couple to a pen via the magnet and the pen clip holder, wherein the standardized interface is included in a plurality of standardized interfaces, and wherein the pen holding device includes a plurality of connectors, each of the plurality of connectors is to be coupled to a respective standardized interface of the electronic device,
wherein the plurality of standardized interfaces includes a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) standardized interface, a micro secure digital (SD) card standardized interface, a kensington lock standardized interface, a cable lock standardized interface, or a universal serial bus (USB) standardized interface.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein at least some of the plurality of standardized interfaces includes different form factors.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the pen holding device includes two connectors, a first connector is to be coupled to the cable lock standardized interface, and a second connector is to be coupled to the HDMI standardized interface.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Park Chan Woo
• Lalinde Paul Roberto
• Kanas Derek

Classifications

• G06F3/03545 Primary

  Pens or stylus · CPC title

• B43L27/04

  securable to other objects · CPC title

• B43K29/20 Primary

  with other articles having storage compartments (with lighters B43K29/16; writing implements functioning as, or combined with, writing implement receptacles B43K31/00) · CPC title

• B43K25/02

  Clips · CPC title

• G06F2200/1635

  Stackable modules · CPC title