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Granted Patent B2
US 12,113,922 · App. 17/970,969 · Granted Oct 8, 2024

Electronic device including connecting member

Inventors: Seongmin Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Byunggun Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Jinyoung Bang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04M1/0274G06F1/1698H04M1/0277
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Patent No.
US 12,113,922
App. No.
17/970,969
Granted
Oct 8, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printed circuit board module and an electronic device including the same are provided. The electronic device includes a housing including at least part thereof formed to be a conductive portion, a support member, a printed circuit board configured to be disposed on at least one surface of the support member and configured to dispose at least one electronic component thereon, and a connecting member for electrical coupling between the conductive portion of the housing and the electronic component, including a base plate and a connecting terminal. The connecting terminal includes a first portion fixed to the base plate, and a second portion coupled to the first portion and including a through hole formed thereon to be fastened to a fixing member, and the second portion may include a wing portion protruding to one direction.

Claims (43)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing including at least part thereof formed to be a conductive portion;

a support member;

a printed circuit board configured to be disposed on at least one surface of the support member and configured to dispose at least one electronic component thereon; and

a connecting member for electrical coupling between the conductive portion of the housing and the electronic component, the connecting member including a base plate and a connecting terminal,

wherein the connecting terminal includes:

a first portion fixed to the base plate, and

a second portion coupled to the first portion and including a through hole formed thereon to be fastened to a fixing member, and

wherein the second portion includes a wing portion protruding to one direction.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive portion of the housing forms at least part of a side bezel structure of the housing.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive portion of the housing is formed as an antenna radiator.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the base plate is formed of a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB).

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least part of the base plate is fixed in close contact with an inner surface of the housing.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting terminal further includes at least one feeding terminal configured to feed the conductive portion of the housing.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the connecting terminal further includes a grounding terminal configured to ground the connecting member to the support member.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the feeding terminal and the grounding terminal are disposed to be stepped in a height direction of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first portion and the second portion are formed to be perpendicular to each other.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first portion of the connecting terminal faces a first surface of a side bezel structure of the housing, and

wherein the second portion of the connecting terminal faces a second surface of the side bezel structure of the housing.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a wall structure configured to restrict rotation of the wing portion.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second portion includes a pair of wing portions symmetrical to each other with respect to the through hole.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wing portion protrudes along a tightening direction of the fixing member.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising an embossed portion on a rear surface of the wing portion.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wing portion is formed to be bent toward a rear surface.

16. An electronic device comprising:

a housing including a rear plate facing a first direction, a front plate facing an opposite direction of the first direction, and a side bezel structure surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate, wherein at least part of the housing is formed to be a conductive portion;

a support member disposed in the space;

a printed circuit board configured to be disposed on at least one surface of the support member and further configured to dispose at least one electronic component thereon; and

a connecting member for electrical coupling between the conductive portion of the housing and the electronic component, the connecting member including a base plate and a connecting terminal,

wherein the connecting terminal includes:

at least one feeding terminal configured to feed the conductive portion of the housing, and

a grounding terminal configured to ground the connecting member to the support member,

wherein each of the feeding terminal and the grounding terminal includes:

a first portion fixed to the base plate, and

a second portion coupled to the first portion and including a through hole formed thereon to be fastened to a fixing member, and

wherein the second portion of the feeding terminal includes a wing portion protruding to one direction.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the conductive portion of the housing is formed as an antenna radiator.

18. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the base plate is formed of a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB).

19. The electronic device of claim 16 ,

wherein the first portion of the connecting terminal face a first surface of the side bezel structure of the housing, and

wherein the second portion of the connecting terminal face a second surface of the side bezel structure of the housing.

20. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the housing includes a wall structure configured to restrict rotation of the wing portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2022
From: KIM, SEONGMIN; JANG, BYUNGGUN; BANG, JINYOUNG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061497/0966 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0141064 · Oct 21, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022016186 · Oct 21, 2022
Related Publication 20230131026A1 · Apr 27, 2023