Pen dock for electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9317142-B2
Application number	US-201313897532-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2013
Priority date	May 20, 2013
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

An aspect provides an information handling device, including: one or more processors; a memory device that stores instructions executed by the one or more processors; and a housing that contains the one or more processors and the memory device; the housing having a substantially rectangular shape with a length and height dimension that exceed a width dimension; and the housing further comprising a shaped pen dock running along an end of the housing defining the width dimension. Other aspects are described and claimed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information handling device, comprising:
one or more processors;
a memory device that stores instructions executed by the one or more processors; and
a housing that contains the one or more processors and the memory device;
the housing having a substantially rectangular shape with a length and height dimension that exceed a width dimension; and
the housing further comprising a shaped pen dock running along an end of the housing and defining substantially the entire width dimension of the end of the housing;
wherein the shaped pen dock secures a pen having a diameter larger than the width dimension of the end of the housing.

2. The information handling device of claim 1 , wherein the shaped pen dock further includes one or more magnets.

3. The information handling device of claim 1 , wherein the end of the housing having the shaped pen dock is positioned opposite an end of the housing having an antenna disposed therein.

4. The information handling device of claim 1 , wherein the shaped pen dock comprises an arc.

5. The information handling device of claim 1 , wherein the shaped pen dock comprises a shape selected from the group consisting of an arc, an oval, and a square.

6. The information handling device of claim 4 , wherein the arc traverses an entire length of the end of the housing.

7. The information handling device of claim 4 , wherein the arc is a 90 degree arc for complimenting the shape of a circular pen.

8. The information handling device of claim 1 , wherein the width dimension is less than a thickness of a customary pen diameter.

9. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the width dimension is not more than 7mm.

10. The information handling device of claim 2 , wherein a form of the shaped pen dock corresponds to one or more of: a strength of the one or more magnets;
and shielding of the one or more magnets.

11. A system, comprising:
a pen; and
an information handling device, comprising:
one or more processors;
a memory device that stores instructions executed by the one or more processors; and
a housing that contains the one or more processors and the memory device;
the housing having a substantially rectangular shape with a length and height dimension that exceed a width dimension; and
the housing further comprising a shaped pen dock running along an end of the housing and defining substantially the entire width dimension of the end of the housing;
wherein the pen has a diameter larger than the width dimension of the end of the housing; and
wherein the shaped pen dock secures the pen.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the shaped pen dock further includes one or more magnets.

13. A method, comprising:
disposing in a housing of an information handling device one or more processors and a memory device;
the housing having a substantially rectangular shape with a length and height dimension that exceed a width dimension; and
forming a shaped pen dock running along an end of the housing and defining substantially the entire width dimension of the end of the housing;
wherein the shaped pen dock secures a pen having a diameter larger than the width dimension of the end of the housing.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the shaped pen dock further includes one or more magnets.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the shaped pen dock comprises an arc.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the shaped pen dock comprises a shape selected from the group consisting of an arc, an oval, and a square.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the arc traverses an entire length of the end of the housing.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the arc is a 90 degree arc for complimenting the shape of a circular pen.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the width dimension is less than a thickness of a customary pen diameter.

20. The method of claim 13 , wherein the width dimension is not more than 7 mm.

Assignees

• Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Locker Howard
• Schantz Daniel Jordan
• Kluttz Karen Ruth
• Case Michaela Rose
• Kelso Scott Edwards
• Osborne Christopher Miles

Classifications

• G06F3/03545 Primary

  Pens or stylus · CPC title

• G06F1/182

  with special features, e.g. for use in industrial environments; grounding or shielding against radio frequency interference [RFI] or electromagnetical interference [EMI] · CPC title