Electronic device for storing external electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12041399-B2
Application number	US-202217879073-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2022
Priority date	Feb 3, 2020
Publication date	Jul 16, 2024
Grant date	Jul 16, 2024

Abstract

An electronic device including a housing configured to accommodate a first portion of a bracket, the bracket defining a second portion having seating space in which the at least one earbud is at least partially accommodated; and a cover rotatably connected to the housing and configured to cover the second portion of the bracket, a third portion of the bracket being exposed to an exterior of the housing while covering an edge portion of the housing, the third portion includes at least one protrusion protruding inward toward the edge of the housing, the edge portion of the housing includes at least one groove, corresponding to the at least one protrusion and providing a space in which the at least one protrusion is movable, and the bracket transitions between a first position and a second position depending on positions of the at least one groove and the at least one protrusion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device for accommodating at least one earbud, the electronic device comprising:
a housing configured to accommodate a first portion of a bracket, the bracket configured to provide a resting space in which the at least one earbud is at least partially accommodated; and
a cover rotatably connected to the housing and configured to cover the second portion of the bracket such that the seating space or the earbuds accommodated in the seating space are not exposed to exterior,
wherein a second portion of the bracket is exposed to an exterior of the housing while covering an edge portion of the housing, and includes at least one protrusion that protrudes inward toward the edge of the housing, the edge portion of the housing includes at least one groove, which corresponds to the at least one protrusion and provides a space in which the at least one protrusion is movable, and the bracket transitions between a first position and a second position depending on positions of the at least one groove and the at least one protrusion.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one first magnet disposed between the housing and the bracket,
wherein the at least one first magnet overlaps at least one second magnet included in the at least one earbud in a state in which the at least one earbud is accommodated in the seating space of the bracket.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the bracket has a first distance from the at least one first magnet at the first position and a second distance greater than the first distance from the at least one first magnet at the second position.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein, in the state in which the at least one earbud is at least partially accommodated in the seating space, a distance between the at least one first magnet and the at least one second magnet is greater when the bracket is located at the second position than when the bracket is located at the first position.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a link member,
wherein one end of the link member is coupled to the cover, and extends to a space between the bracket and the housing from the one end.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one groove extends along an edge of the housing in a height direction by a predetermined length.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one protrusion includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion provided at a position facing the first protrusion in the second portion of the bracket, and
the at least one groove includes a first groove corresponding to the first protrusion and a second groove corresponding to the second protrusion.

8. A case for receiving at least one earbud, the case comprising:
a housing configured to provide at least one recess in which at least a portion of the at least one earbud is accommodated, wherein the housing includes an opening providing a space through which a magnetic switch is movable;
the magnetic switch disposed within the housing and including a first magnet, wherein the magnetic switch passes through the opening such that a portion of the magnetic switch is exposed to exterior of the housing; and
a cover rotatably coupled to the housing and configured to cover a space defined by the at least one recess,
wherein the first magnet overlaps a second magnet included in the at least one earbud in a state in which the at least one earbud is accommodated in the at least one recess, and
the magnetic switch is configured to transition between a first position and a second position through the opening such that the first magnet and the second magnet define an overlapping region that varies as the magnetic switch transitions between the first position and the second position and therebetween.

9. The case of claim 8 , wherein the first magnet includes a first portion and a second portion, and
in the state in which the at least one earbud is accommodated in the at least one recess, the first portion of the first magnet overlaps the second magnet at the first position and the second portion of the first magnet overlaps the second magnet at the second position.

10. The case of claim 9 , wherein the first portion of the first magnet has an opposite pole to the second magnet, and
the second portion of the first magnet has a same pole as the second magnet.

11. The case of claim 9 , wherein the at least one earbud includes a first earbud and a second earbud,
the at least one recess includes a first recess in which the first earbud is seated and a second recess in which the second earbud is seated,
the second magnet is included in the first earbud, and
the magnetic switch includes a third magnet and is configured to move between the first position and the second position such that an overlapping region between the third magnet and a fourth magnet included in the second earbud varies.

12. The case of claim 8 , wherein the magnetic switch includes a link member,
a portion of the link member is exposed to the exterior of the housing through the opening, and a remaining portion of the link member except for the portion extends from the portion to interior of the housing, and
the first magnet is coupled to the remaining portion of the link member.

13. A case for accommodating a wireless sound output device, the case comprising:
a housing configured to provide a recess in which at least a portion of the wireless sound output device is accommodated, wherein the housing includes a first opening and a second opening aligned with the first opening and provided in the recess; and
a pop-up switch passing through the first opening and disposed within the housing to be aligned with the second opening,
wherein the pop-up switch protrudes into the recess through the second opening in response to a user input such that at least a portion of the wireless sound output device pops up out of the recess.

14. The case of claim 13 , wherein the pop-up switch includes:
a casing including a through hole;
a first member disposed inside the casing to be engaged with one end of the through hole, wherein a portion of the first member is exposed to exterior of the housing;
a second member disposed inside the casing to be engaged with another end of the through hole;
a first elastic member disposed between the first member and the second member; and
a second elastic member disposed in the casing and surrounding the second member.

15. The case of claim 14 , wherein:
the first member moves in a first direction from the first opening toward the second opening in response to the user input;
the first elastic member is pressed by the first member moved in the first direction;
the second member is moved in the first direction by a restoring force of first elastic member after having been pressed;
a portion of the second member protrudes into the recess through the second opening in a state of being moved in the first direction;
the second elastic member is pressed by the second member protruding in the first direction; and
the second member is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction by a restoring force of the second elastic member after having been pressed.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dumin

Classifications

• A45C11/001

  for storing portable audio devices, e.g. headphones or digital music players · CPC title

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title

• H04R1/1016

  Earpieces of the intra-aural type · CPC title

• H01F7/02

  Permanent magnets {[PM]} · CPC title

• H04R1/1041

  Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H) · CPC title