IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,157,040
Granted Patent B2
US 11,157,040 · App. 16/075,050 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Electronic device including metal housing

Inventors: Yongwook Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Daeyoung Noh (Seoul, KR); Seungchang Baek (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hyeongsam Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Soonwoong Yang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Byounghee Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Changyoun Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Minwoo Yoo (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
G06F1/1626G06F1/1656H04M1/0249H04M1/185H05K5/04
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Patent No.
US 11,157,040
App. No.
16/075,050
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device comprises: a metal frame including an opening in the center portion thereof; a metal plate included in the opening and having at least a part spaced apart from the metal frame; a coupling member securing the metal plate to the metal frame while filling the space between the metal frame and the metal plate; a printed circuit board brought into contact with or disposed adjacent to one surface of the metal plate; a communication module mounted on the printed circuit board and electrically connected to at least a part of the metal frame; a display brought into contact with or disposed adjacent to the surface of the metal plate or another surface thereof; a first plate covering at least a part of the display device while forming a part of an external housing together with the metal frame; and a second plate covering the opposite side of the display device while forming a part of the external housing together with the metal frame.

Claims (16)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a metal frame including an opening at a center part of the metal frame;

a metal plate included in the opening and having at least one part displaced from the metal frame;

a bonding member configured to fix the metal plate to the metal frame and fill a gap between the metal frame and the metal plate;

a printed circuit board configured to contact with or disposed adjacent to a surface of the metal plate;

a communication module mounted on the printed circuit board and electrically connected to at least one part of the metal frame;

a display configured to contact with or disposed adjacent to the surface of the metal plate or another surface of the metal plate;

a first plate configured to cover at least one part of the display while forming a part of an external housing together with the metal frame; and

a second plate configured to cover the opposite side of the display and form a part of the external housing together with the metal frame.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the metal plate and the bonding member are combined with each other through a physical or chemical bonding.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the metal frame and the bonding member are combined with each other through a physical or chemical bonding.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first plate is a display window.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second plate is a rear cover.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the bonding member is formed with an insulating material or a non-metallic material.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the metal frame, the metal plate and the bonding member comprises at least one of an interlacing structure, a staggering structure, and an extrusion-dent structure.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the interlacing structure is a toothed structure or a T-shaped structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2018
From: HWANG, YONGWOOK; NOH, DAEYOUNG; BAEK, SEUNGCHANG; SON, HYEONGSAM; YANG, SOONWOONG; CHOI, BYOUNGHEE; HWANG, CHANGYOUN; YOO, MINWOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0013899 · Feb 4, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200201386A1 · Jun 25, 2020
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