IP Library Granted Patent US 11,463,570
Granted Patent B2
US 11,463,570 · App. 16/969,086 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Electronic device and electronic device housing structure

Inventors: Minwoo Yoo (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hyeongsam Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Byounguk Yoon (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Minsung Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Chongkun Cho (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jongchul Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Changryong Heo (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
H04M1/0266H05K5/0017H05K5/0217
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Patent No.
US 11,463,570
App. No.
16/969,086
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various embodiments disclosed in this document relate to an electronic device, for example, an electronic device comprising a conductive piece facing a housing of a metallic material, and an electronic device housing structure.

Claims (28)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing including: a front plate; a rear plate facing a direction opposite a direction faced by the front plate; and a side member formed integrally with the rear plate and surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate,

wherein a substantial portion of the rear plate and the side member is formed of an electrically conductive member, and

wherein the rear plate and the side member include:

a slit extending from a first portion of the side member to a third portion of the side member through a second portion of the rear plate, thereby dividing the substantial portion of the rear plate and the side member into two portions, and

an insulating material filling the slit;

a display exposed through the front plate;

a polymer structure positioned to contact with at least one portion of the first portion, at least a portion of the second portion, and at least a portion of the slit; and

at least one conductive piece at least partially embedded on the polymer structure.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the polymer structure is formed of a same material as the insulating material.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the polymer structure is formed integrally with the insulating material.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one conductive piece is formed of a same material as the electrically conductive material.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the at least one conductive piece includes aluminum.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a maximum thickness of the side member in a direction perpendicular to the rear plate is equal to a maximum thickness of the rear plate.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the maximum thickness of the side member in the direction perpendicular to the rear plate is equal to or less than 1.2 mm.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to a point of the side member adjacent to the first portion or the second portion.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one conductive piece is separated from the side member and the rear plate.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two portions divided from the substantial portion functions as an antenna.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive piece is spaced apart from the side member by a predetermined distance.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive piece has a groove into which the polymer member is insertable.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the groove is formed to extend to the outer surface of the side member.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive piece is formed by removing at least a portion of a hemming structure integrally extending and bent from the side member.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the side member includes:

a first electrically conductive member including a first electrically conductive material;

a second electrically conductive member including the first electrically conductive material, and electrically insulated from the first electrically conductive member;

a third electrically conductive member disposed in the space, and disposed to face at least one of the first electrically conductive member or the second electrically conductive member; and

wherein the polymer structure is disposed adjacent to the first electrically conductive material, the second electrically conductive member, and the third electrically conductive member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2020
From: YOO, MINWOO; SON, HYEONGSAM; YOON, BYOUNGUK; LEE, MINSUNG; CHO, CHONGKUN; CHOI, JONGCHUL; HEO, CHANGRYONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0017117 · Feb 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210037126A1 · Feb 4, 2021
Cited By (1)
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