IP Library Granted Patent US 12,422,786
Granted Patent B2
US 12,422,786 · App. 17/883,835 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Wearable electronic device

Inventors: Donghun Song (Suwon-si, KR); Kwangsoo Han (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G04G17/08
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Patent No.
US 12,422,786
App. No.
17/883,835
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to various embodiments, a wearable electronic device includes: a housing including a housing body, a first protrusion, and a first recess, a rim including a rim body and a second protrusion, a plate, a first adhesive portion, a second adhesive portion.

Claims (62)

1. A wearable electronic device, comprising:

a housing comprising a housing body, a first protrusion, and a first recess, wherein the housing body comprises:

a first housing surface, a second housing surface opposite to the first housing surface, a third housing surface disposed between the first housing surface and the second housing surface, and a fourth housing surface opposite to the third housing surface and disposed between the first housing surface and the second housing surface, and the first protrusion protruding from the first housing surface in a first direction, and

the first recess comprises a first recessed surface connected to the first housing surface, a second recessed surface connected to the first housing surface and opposite to the first recessed surface, and a third recessed surface between the first recessed surface and the second recessed surface;

a rim comprising a rim body and a second protrusion,

wherein the rim body comprises a first rim surface, a second rim surface opposite to the first rim surface and facing the third recessed surface, a third rim surface disposed between the first rim surface and the second rim surface and facing the first recessed surface, and a fourth rim surface opposite to the third rim surface and disposed between the first rim surface and the second rim surface and facing the second recessed surface, and

the second protrusion protruding from the second rim surface between the second rim surface and the third recessed surface in a second direction opposite the first direction;

a plate disposed over the first protrusion;

a first adhesive portion disposed between the plate and the first housing surface; and

a second adhesive portion disposed between the third recessed surface and the second rim surface.

2. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first adhesive portion comprises a first adhesive area disposed between the first protrusion and the third rim surface.

3. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second adhesive portion comprises:

a second adhesive area between the first recessed surface and the second protrusion; and

a third adhesive area between the second recessed surface and the second protrusion.

4. The wearable electronic device of claim 3 , wherein a size of the third adhesive area is greater than a size of the second adhesive area.

5. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the rim further comprises a second recess formed on the third rim surface.

6. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises:

a plurality of lugs each comprising a first lug surface connected to the second housing surface and a second lug surface opposite to the first lug surface; and

a groove disposed between the fourth housing surface and the second lug surface, and

the rim further comprises a cover portion configured to be connected to the rim body, disposed on the fourth housing surface, and coupled to the groove.

7. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing body further comprises a first curved portion formed on the third recessed surface, and the rim body further comprises a second curved portion formed on the second rim surface.

8. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing body further comprises a first hole including an inner side surface formed and tapered between the first housing surface and the second housing surface, and

the rim further comprises a cover portion connected to the rim body and disposed on the second housing surface, wherein the cover portion comprises a second hole configured to be aligned with the first hole.

9. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first protrusion is disposed closer to the first recessed surface than to the third housing surface.

10. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first housing surface comprises:

a first area in which the first protrusion is formed; and

a second area in which the first protrusion is not formed.

11. A wearable electronic device, comprising:

a housing comprising a housing body, a first protrusion, and a first recess, wherein the housing body comprises:

a first housing surface, a second housing surface opposite to the first housing surface, a third housing surface disposed between the first housing surface and the second housing surface, and a fourth housing surface opposite to the third housing surface and disposed between the first housing surface and the second housing surface, and

the first protrusion protruding from the first housing surface in a first direction,

wherein the first protrusion is not formed in a first area of the first housing surface and is formed in a second area of the first housing surface different from the first area of the first housing surface, and

the first recess comprises a first recessed surface connected to the first housing surface, a second recessed surface connected to the first housing surface and opposite to the first recessed surface, and a third recessed surface between the first recessed surface and the second recessed surface;

a rim comprising a rim body and a second protrusion,

wherein the rim body comprises: a first rim surface, a second rim surface opposite to the first rim surface and facing the third recessed surface, a third rim surface disposed between the first rim surface and the second rim surface and facing the first recessed surface, and a fourth rim surface opposite to the third rim surface and disposed between the first rim surface and the second rim surface and facing the second recessed surface, and

the second protrusion protruding from the second rim surface between the second rim surface and the third recessed surface in a second direction opposite the first direction;

a plate disposed over the first protrusion;

a first adhesive portion disposed between the plate and the first housing surface; and

a second adhesive portion disposed between the third recessed surface and the second rim surface.

12. The wearable electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the housing further comprises a lug formed in an area of at least a portion of the fourth housing surface, and

the first area comprises an area of the first housing surface connected to an area of the fourth housing surface in which the lug is not formed, and the second area comprises an area of the first housing surface connected to an area of the fourth housing surface in which the lug is formed.

13. The wearable electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the first protrusion is disposed closer to the first recessed surface than to the third housing surface.

14. The wearable electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the rim further comprises a second recess formed on the third rim surface.

15. The wearable electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the first adhesive portion comprises:

a first adhesive area disposed between the third housing surface and the first protrusion; and

a second adhesive area disposed between the third housing surface and the third rim surface.

16. A wearable electronic device, comprising:

a housing comprising a housing body and a first recess, wherein the housing body comprises:

a first housing surface, a second housing surface opposite to the first housing surface, a third housing surface disposed between the first housing surface and the second housing surface, and a fourth housing surface opposite to the third housing surface and disposed between the first housing surface and the second housing surface, and

the first recess comprises a first recessed surface connected to the first housing surface, a second recessed surface connected to the first housing surface and opposite to the first recessed surface, and a third recessed surface between the first recessed surface and the second recessed surface;

a rim comprising a rim body, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion,

wherein the rim body comprises: a first rim surface, a second rim surface opposite to the first rim surface and facing the third recessed surface, a third rim surface disposed between the first rim surface and the second rim surface and facing the first recessed surface, and a fourth rim surface opposite to the third rim surface and disposed between the first rim surface and the second rim surface and facing the second recessed surface, and

the first protrusion protruding from the third rim surface, and

the second protrusion protruding from the second rim surface between the second rim surface and the third recessed surface;

a plate disposed over the first protrusion;

a first adhesive portion disposed between the plate and the first housing surface; and

a second adhesive portion disposed between the third recessed surface and the second rim surface, wherein the second adhesive portion comprises:

a second adhesive area between the first recessed surface and the second protrusion; and

a third adhesive area between the second recessed surface and the second protrusion.

17. The wearable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the first adhesive portion comprises a first adhesive area disposed between the first protrusion and the third housing surface.

18. The wearable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein a size of the third adhesive area is greater than a size of the second adhesive area.

19. The wearable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the first protrusion is disposed on the first housing surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2022
From: SONG, DONGHUN; HAN, KWANGSOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060755/0398 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0104367 · Aug 9, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0171453 · Dec 3, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022008057 · Jun 8, 2022
Related Publication 20230040498A1 · Feb 9, 2023
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