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Granted Patent B2
US 12,443,227 · App. 18/954,022 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Wearable electronic device

Inventors: Jooho Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jaeyong Sim (Suwon-si, KR); Yongjun Choi (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F1/163G06F1/1637H05K1/0256H05K1/144G06F1/1694
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Patent No.
US 12,443,227
App. No.
18/954,022
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes: a frame including a side wall and at least partially forming an antenna; a bracket provided within the frame; a first printed circuit board provided on the bracket and including at least one grounding portion; a second printed circuit board provided within the frame; and a screw, where the second printed circuit board includes: a first portion coupled to the first printed circuit board; an extension portion extending from the first portion between the side wall of the frame and the bracket; a second portion extending from the extension portion between the first printed circuit board and the bracket; and a conductive trace extending from the first portion to the second portion through the extension portion, and where the conductive trace is electrically connected to the at least one grounding portion of the first printed circuit board in the second portion.

Claims (59)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a frame comprising a side wall and at least partially forming an antenna;

a bracket provided within the frame;

a first printed circuit board provided on the bracket and comprising at least one grounding portion;

a second printed circuit board provided within the frame; and

a screw,

wherein the second printed circuit board comprises:

a first portion coupled to the first printed circuit board;

an extension portion extending from the first portion between the side wall of the frame and the bracket;

a second portion extending from the extension portion between the first printed circuit board and the bracket; and

a conductive trace extending from the first portion to the second portion through the extension portion,

wherein the conductive trace is electrically connected to the at least one grounding portion of the first printed circuit board in the second portion, and

wherein the screw passes through the first printed circuit board and the second portion of the second printed circuit board, and is fastened to the bracket.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first printed circuit board comprises a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface and facing the bracket,

wherein the first printed circuit board comprises a first conductive region provided on the second surface,

wherein the second portion of the second printed circuit board comprises a second conductive region facing the first conductive region, and

wherein the conductive trace is electrically connected to the at least one grounding portion through the first conductive region and the second conductive region that are in contact.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first conductive region extends from the at least one grounding portion, and

wherein the conductive trace extends from the second conductive region.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the second portion of the second printed circuit board comprises a hole through which the screw passes, and

wherein the second conductive region surrounds the hole.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first printed circuit board comprises a hole through which the screw passes, and

wherein the first conductive region surrounds the hole.

6. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first printed circuit board comprises a third conductive region provided on the first surface and in contact with the screw.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the second conductive region of the second printed circuit board is electrically isolated from the screw.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the extension portion comprises a first end, a second end, and a portion between the first end and the second end,

wherein the first portion extends from the first end, and

wherein the second portion extends from the portion between the first end and the second end.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , further comprising a first button, and a second button at least partially exposed through the side wall,

wherein, with respect to a direction perpendicular to the side wall, the first button at least partially overlaps the first end of the extension portion, and the second button at least partially overlaps the second end of the extension portion.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a first component provided at the first end of the extension portion and operatively connected to the first button; and

a second component provided at the second end of the extension portion and operatively connected to the second button.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 , further comprising an acoustic sensor provided in the portion between the first end and the second end of the extension portion.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a display at least partially accommodated in the frame,

wherein the bracket is between the display and the first printed circuit board.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first printed circuit board comprises a receptacle, and

wherein the first portion of the second printed circuit board comprises a plug coupled to the receptacle.

14. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first conductive region and the second conductive region are in surface-to-surface contact.

15. A wearable electronic device comprising:

a frame comprising a side wall and at least partially forming an antenna;

a bracket provided within the frame;

a first printed circuit board provided on the bracket;

a second printed circuit board provided within the frame; and

a screw,

wherein the first printed circuit board comprises at least one grounding portion, and a first conductive region electrically connected to the at least one grounding portion,

wherein the second printed circuit board comprises:

a first portion coupled to the first printed circuit board;

an extension portion extending from the first portion between the side wall of the frame and the bracket;

a second portion extending from the extension portion between the first printed circuit board and the bracket to at least partially overlap the first conductive region; and

a conductive trace extending from the first portion to the second portion through the extension portion,

wherein the conductive trace is electrically connected to the at least one grounding portion through the first conductive region of the first printed circuit board in the second portion, and

wherein the screw passes through the first printed circuit board and the second portion of the second printed circuit board, and is fastened to the bracket.

16. The wearable electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the second portion of the second printed circuit board includes a second conductive region that contacts the first conductive region.

17. The wearable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the second printed circuit board includes a hole through which the screw passes.

18. The wearable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the second conductive region surrounds the hole and is spaced apart from the hole.

19. The wearable electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the first conductive region and the second conductive region are in surface-to-surface contact.

20. The wearable electronic device of claim 15 , further comprising a display at least partially accommodated in the frame,

wherein the bracket is between the display and the first printed circuit board.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2024
From: LEE, JOOHO; SIM, JAEYONG; CHOI, YONGJUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD .
Reel/Frame 069406/0662 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2022-0069100 · Jun 7, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0081067 · Jul 1, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2023006698 · May 17, 2023
Related Publication 20250076925A1 · Mar 6, 2025
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