IP Library Granted Patent US 50,667
Granted Patent E1
US 50,667 · App. 18/126,530 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Electronic device including housing containing metallic materials

Inventors: Byounghee Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yongwook Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Changyoun Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinho Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hyeonwoo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Youngsoo Jang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yunsung Ha (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Junghyeon Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Minwoo Yoo (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04M1/0249G06F1/1626G06F1/1656H01Q1/243H05K5/0086H05K5/0247H05K5/04
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Patent No.
US 50,667
App. No.
18/126,530
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
E1
Abstract

Electronic device including first plate including first flat surface portion facing first direction, wherein first plate forms first surface of electronic device; second plate including second flat surface portion facing second direction opposite first direction, wherein second plate forms second surface of electronic device; side member including first metal part including first metallic material and forming at least part of third surface between first surface and second surface and second metal part including second metallic material, wherein second metal part is bonded with first metal part; and display disposed between first plate and the second plate so as to be shown through the first plate, wherein the first metal part and the second metal part form an interface including the first metallic material and the second metallic material, and wherein the interface is configured to face a third direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

Claims (31)

1 . An electronic device, comprising:

a housing including a front plate, a rear plate, and a side member configured to surround a space between the front plate and the rear plate, wherein the front plate comprises a first flat surface portion configured to face a first direction, and wherein the rear plate comprises a second flat surface portion configured to face a second direction opposite to the first direction;

a display disposed in the space between the front plate and the rear plate so as to be shown through the front plate; and

a printed circuit board disposed in the space between the front plate and the rear plate and a processor on the printed circuit board,

wherein the side member comprises:

an external member comprising a first metallic material and comprising a first surface configured to form a surface of the side member and a second surface configured to face a direction toward the space between the front plate and the rear plate, when viewed from above the front plate;

an internal member comprising a second metallic material and comprising a third surface bonded to the second surface and a fourth surface configured to face the direction toward the space between the front plate and the rear plate, wherein the internal member is surrounded by the external member when viewed from above the front plate; and

a polymer member at least partially surrounded by the internal member when viewed from above the front plate,

wherein the second surface and the third surface form an interface layer comprising the first metallic material and the second metallic material, and are formed to be substantially flat surfaces, and

wherein a longest distance from the first surface to the fourth surface ranges from 0.8 1.5 mm to 1.5 8 mm.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first metallic material comprises stainless steel, and

wherein the second metallic material comprises aluminum or an aluminum alloy.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive layer formed between the internal member and the polymer member.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the interface layer comprises a compound comprising the first metallic material and the second metallic material.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the interface layer is formed such that a ratio of the first metallic material to the second metallic material increases with an approach to the second surface and a ratio of the second metallic material to the first metallic material increases with an approach to the third surface.

6 . The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the interface layer has a thickness of 1 μm or less in a third direction.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the internal member further comprises an extension extending into the space between the front plate and the rear plate from the fourth surface, and

wherein the display and the printed circuit board are disposed on the extension.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the external member and the internal member comprise a first part, a second part formed on one side of the first part, and a third part formed on an opposite side of the first part, and

wherein the polymer member extends between the first part and the second part and between the first part and the third part such that the first part is electrically insulated from the second part and the third part.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein a conductive pattern is formed on the fourth surface of the internal member that comprises the first part, and

wherein the first part comprises an antenna.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the front plate comprises a first curved surface portion configured to surround an edge of the first flat surface portion,

wherein the rear plate comprises a second curved surface portion configured to surround an edge of the second flat surface portion,

wherein the side member comprises a first recess in which the first curved surface portion of the front plate is received and a second recess in which the second curved surface portion of the rear plate is received, and

wherein the first recess and the second recess are formed by a second metal part.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the rear plate extends from the side member and is integrally formed with the side member, and

wherein the rear plate comprises the first metallic material forming the second surface of the electronic device and the second metallic material forming an inner surface facing the front plate.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first metallic material comprises titanium, and

wherein the second metallic material comprises aluminum or an aluminum alloy.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0012392 · Jan 31, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Reissue 16776064 · Jan 29, 2020
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