IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,119,541
Granted Patent B2
US 11,119,541 · App. 16/860,557 · Granted Sep 14, 2021

Portable electronic device

Inventors: Jong-Min Choi (Seongnam-si, KR); Sung-Gun Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Woong-Chan Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Dae-Hyeong Park (Seongnam-si, KR); Sung-Joo Cho (Bucheon-si, KR); Young-Sik Choi (Seoul, KR); Soon-Woong Yang (Yongin-si, KR); Min-Sung Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06F1/1656G06F1/1658G06F1/1675H04B1/3818H05K5/06H04B2001/3894
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,119,541
App. No.
16/860,557
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a front glass cover that forms the front of the electronic device, a back cover that forms the back of the electronic device, a bezel that surrounds the space formed between the front and back covers and is formed integrally with, or separately from, the back cover, wherein the bezel has a first opening with a first size and a second opening with a second size smaller than the first size, the second opening being disposed adjacent to the first opening, a display device that is located in the space and has a screen area exposed through the front cover, a tray structure that is inserted into the space through the first opening and is detachably mounted, the tray structure having a recess in which a memory card and/or a subscriber identification module (SIM) card is received, a first member that holds the tray structure when the tray structure is inserted into the space and a second member that allows a first member to release the tray structure by the press of an external member that is inserted through the second opening, and a waterproof structure that includes a first portion that is movably inserted into the second opening, a first end portion that makes contact with the second member by the press of the external member, and a second end portion that is pressed by the external member.

Claims (49)

1. A portable electronic device comprising:

a housing including a first opening formed through a side wall of the housing and a second opening formed through the side wall;

a tray structure detachably coupled to the housing through the first opening; and

a sealing member comprising:

an extending portion at least partially inserted into the second opening, the extending portion including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end;

at least one first sealing portion disposed on an outer periphery of the extending portion between the first end and the second end, the at least one first sealing portion configured to seal a gap between an inner periphery of the second opening and the outer periphery of the extending portion; and

a stopping portion formed at the second end and disposed in the housing,

wherein the stopping portion is configured to interfere with an inner surface of the side wall in order to prevent the extending portion from separating from the housing through the second opening.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the stopping portion has a diameter larger than a diameter of the second opening.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the stopping portion has a diameter larger than a diameter of the extending portion.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the stopping portion is configured to prevent the extending portion from separating from the housing through the second opening.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a socket disposed in the housing corresponding to the first opening, the socket configured to receive a portion of the tray structure inserted into the housing through the first opening; and

a release disposed in the housing adjacent to the socket,

wherein the stopping portion is disposed between the inner surface of the side wall and the release while an end surface of the stopping portion corresponding to an end surface of the release, and

wherein an area of the end surface of the stopping portion is larger than an area of the end surface of the release.

6. A portable electronic device comprising:

a housing including a first opening formed through a side wall of the housing and a second opening formed through the side wall;

a tray structure detachably coupled to the housing through the first opening; and

a sealing member comprising:

an extending portion at least partially inserted into the second opening, the extending portion including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end;

a stopping portion formed at the second end and configured to prevent the extending portion from separating from the housing through the second opening; and

at least one first sealing portion disposed at least at a periphery of an end of the second opening at an inner surface of the side wall, the sealing member configured to seal the second opening with the extending portion at least partially inserted therein.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the second opening is smaller than the first opening.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the extending portion is configured to move along a longitudinal direction of the second opening.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the stopping portion has a diameter larger than a diameter of the extending portion.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the stopping portion is configured to interfere with the inner surface of the side wall in order to prevent the extending portion from separating from the housing through the second opening.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one first sealing portion is configured to contact an outer surface of the extending portion between the first end and the second end to seal the second opening.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one first sealing portion comprises:

an opening having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the end of the second opening at the inner surface of the side wall; and

a first portion beginning at the inner surface of the side wall and extending towards the opening.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first portion is configured to contact an outer surface of the extending portion between the first end and the second end.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 12 ,

wherein the at least one first sealing portion is configured to have a first width along a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the second opening at the inner surface of the side wall and a second width at an extending end thereof towards the opening, and

wherein the second width is less than the first width.

15. The portable electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising:

a socket disposed in the housing corresponding to the first opening, the socket configured to receive a portion of the tray structure inserted into the housing through the first opening; and

a release disposed in the housing adjacent to the socket while corresponding to the second opening,

wherein the stopping portion is disposed between the inner surface of the side wall and the release.

16. The portable electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the sealing member is configured to press the release in response to an external force applied through the second opening to the first end.

17. The portable electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the release is configured to release the tray structure received in the socket in response to a movement of the sealing member.

18. The portable electronic device of claim 17 , wherein a tunnel in the side wall forms the second opening, the tunnel having a length corresponding at least to an amount of the movement of the sealing member to release the tray structure received in the socket.

19. The portable electronic device of claim 15 , wherein a combined length of the extending portion and the stopping portion in a moving direction thereof is longer than a distance between the inner surface of the side wall and the release.

20. The portable electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the tray structure comprises:

a receiving part configured to receive at least one storage medium and configured to be inserted in the housing through the first opening;

an extension extending between the receiving part and an end of the tray structure, the extension configured to be at least partially received in the first opening; and

at least one second sealing portion disposed on an outer surface of the extension and configured to seal the first opening,

wherein a portion of the at least one second sealing portion is configured to contact an inner surface of the first opening.

21. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the stopping portion has a diameter larger than a maximum diameter of the extending portion.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0144970 · Oct 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16387044 · Apr 17, 2019
Continuation 16039845 · Jul 19, 2018
Continuation 15270449 · Sep 20, 2016
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