TWM641786U - Stylus and electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

A stylus includes a pen body including at least one outer surface. A positive pole and a negative pole exposed from the at least one outer surface are provided on each of two opposite sides symmetrical to an axis of the pen body. An electronic device is further provided. The stylus effectively avoids the situation that it cannot be charged due to misplugging.

Description

Stylus and Electronic Devices

This case relates to a stylus and an electronic device, and in particular to a stylus and an electronic device that prevents charging by misplugging.

The traditional stylus is charged on one side, and the charging shrapnel will be designed on one side. When the user inserts the stylus back into the body, if he does not pay attention to the direction and inserts the wrong side, it may cause the stylus to fail to charge.

The present application provides a stylus, including a pen body, including at least one outer surface, wherein on the at least one outer surface, each of opposite sides symmetrical to an axis of the pen body is provided with an exposed positive pole and a negative pole.

This case provides an electronic device, including a body and a touch pen. The body includes a slot and two charging terminals arranged beside the slot. The stylus is pluggably arranged in the slot, and includes a pen body, including at least one outer surface, wherein on the at least one outer surface, each of the opposite sides symmetrical to an axis of the pen body is provided with an exposed A positive pole and a negative pole, when the stylus is inserted into the slot, facing the positive and negative poles of the two charging terminals The negative pole contacts the two charging terminals.

Based on the above, the stylus of the present application is provided with an exposed positive pole and a negative pole on each of opposite sides symmetrical to an axis of the pen body. That is to say, the stylus has a positive pole and a negative pole no matter on the left side or the right side. Therefore, when the stylus is inserted into the slot, the stylus has a positive electrode and a negative electrode on the side facing the two charging terminals of the body, and the positive and negative electrodes will contact the two charging terminals for charging. In this way, the stylus in this case can effectively avoid the situation that it cannot be charged due to misplugging.

A: axis

10: Electronic device

20: Body

21: slot

22: The first elastic arm

23: The second positioning department

24: charging terminal

25: Second elastic arm

26: Sensing switch

100: Stylus

110: style

112, 114: outer surface

116: positive pole

118: negative pole

120: The first positioning department

FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

2 and 3 are partial schematic diagrams of different viewing angles of the touch pen of the electronic device in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the stylus shown in FIG. 1 abutting against the charging terminal.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are partially enlarged schematic diagrams of different viewing angles at the tip of the stylus of the electronic device in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a partial schematic diagram of a stylus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4 , the electronic device 10 of this embodiment includes a body 20 and a stylus 100 . Body 20 is for example the lower body of a notebook computer, or the body The body 20 may also be a tablet computer, and the type of the body 20 is not limited thereto. The body 20 includes a slot 21 and two charging terminals 24 disposed beside the slot 21 ( FIG. 4 ).

The stylus 100 is pluggably disposed in the slot 21 and includes a body 110 . The pen body 110 includes at least one outer surface 112, 114. On at least one outer surface 112, 114, each of the opposite sides symmetrical to an axis A of the pen body 110 is provided with an exposed positive electrode 116 and a negative electrode 118. .

Specifically, in this embodiment, the pen body 110 includes two opposite outer surfaces 112 , 114 , and the two outer surfaces 112 , 114 are located on opposite sides of the axis A. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , each of the two outer surfaces 112 , 114 is provided with an exposed positive electrode 116 and negative electrode 118 . Part of the pen body 110 is rectangular in cross-section on the axis A, and each positive electrode 116 and corresponding negative electrode 118 are disposed on one of the short sides of the rectangle.

More precisely, in the present embodiment, the pen body 110 is roughly rectangular, and has four surfaces including two long sides and two short sides. In this embodiment, an exposed positive electrode 116 and negative electrode 118 are provided on each of the two opposite surfaces including two short sides. In other words, in this embodiment, the stylus 100 includes two positive electrodes 116 and two negative electrodes 118 .

In this embodiment, since the stylus 100 has a positive pole 116 and a negative pole 118 no matter on the left side or the right side. Therefore, when the stylus 100 is inserted into the slot 21, the stylus 100 will have a positive pole 116 and a negative pole 118 on the side facing the two charging terminals 24 (FIG. 4) of the body 20, and the positive pole 116 and the negative pole 118 will be Contact the two charging terminals 24 for charging. In this way, the stylus 100 of this application can effectively avoid the situation that it cannot be charged due to wrong insertion.

In addition, the traditional stylus only designs the charging shrapnel on one side, which makes the appearance partially protrude on one side. When the user inserts the stylus back into the body, if he does not pay attention to the direction and inserts the wrong side, in addition to being unable to charge, the stylus may also get stuck and cannot be pulled out. In this embodiment, since the shape of the stylus 100 on both sides of the symmetry is the same, whether it is inserted into the slot 21 in the manner shown in FIG. Inserted, can be charged and will not be stuck by the slot 21, very convenient to use.

It is worth mentioning that, on the outer surface 112 , from the perspective of FIG. 2 , the positive electrode 116 is above the negative electrode 118 . In the outer surface 114 , from the perspective of FIG. 3 , the negative electrode 118 is above the positive electrode 116 . Such a design can make the outer surface 112 turn over 180 degrees along the axis A, so that the negative pole 118 is above the positive pole 116 . In FIG. 4 , the upper charging terminal 24 is, for example, contacted by the negative electrode 118 , and the lower charging terminal 24 is, for example, contacted by the positive electrode 116 . Therefore, the above-mentioned design of the positive electrode 116 and the negative electrode 118 can make the stylus 100 face the two charging terminals 24 no matter the outer surface 112 or the outer surface 114, and the positive electrode 116 and the negative electrode 118 on the outer surfaces 112, 114 can correspond to the two charging terminals. twenty four.

In addition, as can be seen from FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the positive electrode 116 and the negative electrode 118 on the outer surfaces 112 and 114 are arranged up and down. Therefore, the connection line between the positive electrode 116 and the negative electrode 118 is perpendicular to the axis A. Such a design can prevent the positive pole 116 or the negative pole 118 entering the slot 21 from accidentally touching the charging terminal 24 corresponding to the other when the stylus 100 is inserted into the slot 21 , resulting in a short circuit.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, the two charging ends of the body 20 The sub 24 is located on the right side of the slot 21 (in the direction that the user looks at the slot 21 from the left side of FIG. smaller. Of course, in other embodiments, if the thickness of the body 20 does not need to be reduced, the two charging terminals 24 can also be arranged on the upper side or the lower side of the body 20 (the direction that the user looks toward the slot 21 from the left side of FIG. 1 ), and the positive electrode 116 and the negative electrode 118 can also be disposed on the surface where the long side is located.

Please refer to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 , in this embodiment, the pen body 110 includes a first positioning portion 120 . The socket 21 includes a first elastic arm 22 and a second positioning portion 23 on the first elastic arm 22 . One of the first positioning portion 120 and the second positioning portion 23 is a groove, and the other is a protrusion. Specifically, in this embodiment, the first positioning portion 120 is a groove, and the second positioning portion 23 is a protrusion.

When the stylus 100 is inserted into the slot 21, the second positioning part 23 will be embedded in the first positioning part 120, so that the first positioning part 120 is fixed on the second positioning part 23, so that the stylus 100 can be stably accommodated. Placed in the slot 21, not easy to fall out.

In addition, the machine body 20 further includes a second elastic arm 25 and a sensing switch 26 . The second elastic arm 25 extends into the slot 21 and is located between the slot 21 and the sensing switch 26 . The sensing switch 26 is electrically connected to the two charging terminals 24 through a processor (not shown), for example. When the stylus 100 is inserted into the slot 21, the pen body 110 pushes against the second elastic arm 25, so that the second elastic arm 25 moves toward the sensing switch 26 and presses the sensing switch 26, and the sensing switch 26 is thus activated. trigger. The processor can determine that the stylus 100 has been inserted into the slot 21 by sensing the signal that the switch 26 is triggered. At this time, the processor instructs the two charging terminals 24 to charge the contacted positive electrode 116 and negative electrode 118 .

In other words, in this embodiment, when the stylus 100 is not fully inserted into the slot 21 , the two charging terminals 24 do not supply power. When the stylus 100 is fully inserted into the slot 21 , the two charging terminals 24 supply power. Such a design can be more energy-efficient.

Please refer to FIG. 7 , in this embodiment, the stylus 100a is, for example, a circular column, the positive electrode 116 and the negative electrode 118 surround the outer surface of the pen body, and the positive electrode 116 and the negative electrode 118 are arranged along the direction of the axis A. In such a design, as long as the user inserts the nib towards the slot 21 , it is more flexible to insert.

In this embodiment, two charging terminals (not shown) corresponding to the positive electrode 116 and the negative electrode 118 are also arranged along the direction of the axis A, so that the stylus 100a can be charged when inserted. In addition, in order to prevent the positive electrode 116 or the negative electrode 118 entering the socket from accidentally touching the charging terminal corresponding to the other during the process of inserting the stylus 100 a into the socket, resulting in a short circuit. In this embodiment, the design of the second elastic arm 25 and the sensing switch 26 shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 can be adopted. When the stylus 100 a is fully inserted into the slot, the two charging terminals supply power.

To sum up, the stylus of this application is provided with an exposed positive pole and a negative pole on each of opposite sides symmetrical to an axis of the pen body. That is to say, the stylus has a positive pole and a negative pole no matter on the left side or the right side. Therefore, when the stylus is inserted into the slot, the stylus has a positive electrode and a negative electrode on the side facing the two charging terminals of the body, and the positive and negative electrodes will contact the two charging terminals for charging. In this way, the stylus in this case can effectively avoid the situation that it cannot be charged due to misplugging.

A: axis

10: Electronic device

20: Body

21: slot

22: The first elastic arm

23: The second positioning department

24: charging terminal

25: Second elastic arm

26: Sensing switch

100: Stylus

110: style

112, 114: outer surface

120: The first positioning department

Claims (12)

A stylus comprising: The pen body includes at least one outer surface, wherein on the at least one outer surface, each of the opposite sides symmetrical to an axis of the pen body is provided with an exposed positive pole and a negative pole. The stylus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one outer surface of the pen body includes two opposite outer surfaces, the two outer surfaces are located on opposite sides of the axis, and each of the two outer surfaces is set The positive electrode and the negative electrode are exposed. The stylus according to claim 2, wherein a line connecting the positive electrode and the negative electrode on each of the outer surfaces is perpendicular to the axis. The stylus according to claim 2, wherein a part of the pen body is rectangular in a section crossing the axis, and each of the positive electrodes and the corresponding negative electrodes are disposed on one of the short sides of the rectangle. The stylus according to claim 1, wherein the positive electrode and the negative electrode surround the at least one outer surface of the pen body, and the positive electrode and the negative electrode are arranged along the direction of the axis. An electronic device comprising: A body, including a slot and two charging terminals arranged beside the slot; and A stylus pen is pluggably arranged in the slot, and includes: A pen body, including at least one outer surface, wherein on the at least one outer surface, each of the opposite sides symmetrical to an axis of the pen body is provided with an exposed positive pole and a negative pole, when the stylus pen is inserted into When inside the slot, the positive pole and the negative pole facing the two charging terminals contact the two charging terminals. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one outer surface of the pen body includes two opposite outer surfaces, the two outer surfaces are located on opposite sides of the axis, and each of the two outer surfaces is provided with The exposed positive electrode and the negative electrode. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein a line connecting the positive electrode and the negative electrode on each of the outer surfaces is perpendicular to the axis. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein a part of the pen body is rectangular in a section crossing the axis, and each of the positive electrodes and the corresponding negative electrodes are arranged on one of the short sides of the rectangle. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the positive electrode and the negative electrode surround the at least one outer surface of the pen body, and the positive electrode and the negative electrode are arranged along the direction of the axis. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the pen body includes a first positioning portion, the slot includes a first elastic arm and a second positioning portion on the first elastic arm, and the first positioning portion One of the second positioning part is a groove, and the other is a protrusion. When the stylus is inserted into the slot, the first positioning part is fixed on the second positioning part. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the body includes a second elastic arm and a sensing switch, the second elastic arm extends into the slot and is located between the slot and the sensing switch, the The sensing switch is electrically connected to the two charging terminals. When the stylus is inserted into the slot, the pen body pushes against the second elastic arm, so that the second elastic arm triggers the sensing switch, so that The two charging terminals charge the positive electrode and the negative electrode that are in contact with each other.

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