# US 11,307,673 B2 · Electronic device comprising keyboard cover > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,673 B2 - Document ID: US11307673B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/330,136 - Filed: 2017-09-05 - Published: 2021-09-16 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-09-05 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Woo-Jung Shim; Hwan-Myung Noh; Seung-Woon Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307673B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1618: {the display being foldable up to the back of the other housing with a single degree of freedom, e.g. by 360° rotation over the axis defined by the rear edge of the base enclosure} - G06F 3/0202: {Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device} - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - G06F 1/1662: {Details related to the integrated keyboard} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a housing; a keyboard arranged on the front surface of the housing; a plurality of first magnets arranged along the periphery of the keyboard; and a keyboard cover comprising a cover portion that covers the keyboard and a plurality of second magnets arranged on the edge of the cover portion so as to correspond to the plurality of first magnets, respectively, wherein the keyboard cover can be attached to/detached from the front surface of the housing by means of the drawing force between the plurality of first magnets and the plurality of second magnets. Various other embodiments are also possible. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device, comprising: a housing; a keyboard disposed on a front surface of the housing; a plurality of first magnets arranged along a periphery of the keyboard; and a keyboard cover including a cover portion to cover the keyboard and a plurality of second magnets arranged along a periphery of the cover portion so that each of the plurality of second magnets corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of first magnets, wherein the keyboard cover is detachably attached onto the front surface of the housing by attractive force between the plurality of first magnets and the plurality of second magnets, and wherein a hole is formed in a rear surface of the housing to at least partially receive the keyboard cover, and wherein at least one of the plurality of first magnets has a first polarity in a first direction, and wherein each of the plurality of second magnets is disposed on a rear surface of the keyboard cover to create attractive force with each of the plurality of first magnets so that a second polarity opposite to the first polarity is directed in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and wherein the keyboard cover the keyboard cover is detachably attached onto the rear surface of the housing by attractive force between a plurality of first magnets and a plurality of second magnets when the keyboard cover is placed on the hole formed on the rear surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of mounting units arranged on an inner surface of the housing to at least partially surround the plurality of first magnets. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, further comprising an attaching member to attach the plurality of first magnets to the mounting units. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the keyboard cover provides a receiving hole to receive the plurality of second magnets. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of first magnets include first magnets having the first polarity in the first direction and first magnets having the second polarity in the second direction, and wherein the first magnets with the first polarity and the first magnets with the second polarity are alternately arranged along the periphery of the keyboard. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the plurality of second magnets are arranged on the rear surface of the keyboard cover so that a polarity different from the polarity of the plurality of first magnets is directed in the second direction, wherein each of the plurality of second magnets creates attractive force with each of the plurality of first magnets in a position corresponding to each of the plurality of first magnets, and wherein upon escaping off the position corresponding to each of the plurality of first magnets, each of the plurality of second magnets creates repulsion against the plurality of first magnets to lead the keyboard cover to a corresponding position on the keyboard. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a guide unit is provided on a rear surface of the keyboard cover between keys of the keyboard, and wherein the guide unit fastens the keyboard cover in tight contact to the keyboard while reinforcing rigidity of the keyboard cover. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the front surface of the housing is positioned coplanar with a front surface of the keyboard cover, with the keyboard cover covering the keyboard. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein a second surface of the housing is positioned on a different plane from the first surface, and a difference in height between the first surface and the second surface corresponds to a thickness of the keyboard cover. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the housing includes a first hooking part positioned at both ends of the second surface, and the keyboard cover includes a second hooking part stuck to the first hooking part while contacting the second surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the keyboard cover is detachably attached onto a rear surface of the housing by attractive force between the plurality of first magnets and the plurality of second magnets to be retained. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising: an electronic part received in the housing and driven using a magnet; and a shielding member disposed between the electronic part and the first magnets and shielding a magnetic force from the first magnets from flowing to the electronic part. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the shielding member at least partially surrounds the first magnets.