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US 12,490,020 · App. 18/511,858 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Electronic device with sealing structure

Inventors: Wontae Jeong (Suwon-si, KR); Eungkyu Park (Suwon-si, KR); Dongyeop Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Yonghwa Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Gihoon Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jaehwan Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Seungbum Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Hyounggil Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Changryong Heo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04R1/288H01F38/14H01M50/209H01M50/24H04R1/025H05K5/0086H05K5/0247H05K5/03H05K5/069H05K5/10H01M2220/30H04R2499/01H04R2499/11
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Patent No.
US 12,490,020
App. No.
18/511,858
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device may include: a housing including a front plate oriented in a first direction, a rear plate oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a side member enclosing at least a part of a space between the front plate and the rear plate. The electronic device further including a display disposed to be visible through the front plate; a printed circuit board disposed between the display and the rear plate; a support structure having a first face oriented in the first direction and supporting the display and a second face oriented in the second direction and supporting the printed circuit board; a conductive member disposed between the support structure and the rear plate; and a sealing structure disposed between the conductive member and the rear plate, the sealing structure extending along a periphery of the conductive member and formed in a closed curve shape.

Claims (40)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a housing comprising a front plate, a rear plate, and side member enclosing at least a portion of a space between the front plate and the rear plate;

a display visible through the front plate;

a first open speaker disposed in a first region of the housing, wherein the first open speaker is configured to generate sound wave in the air of the first region;

a battery disposed in a second region of the housing; and

a first sealing at least partially spatially isolating the second region,

wherein the first sealing at least partially blocks the sound wave in the air of the first region by the first open speaker passing to the second region containing the battery.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first sealing is disposed in the housing as a vertical wall.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first sealing is formed of an elastic material.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises a third region in which a second open speaker is disposed.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 , further comprising,

a first printed circuit board which is disposed adjacent to the first open speaker; and

a second printed circuit board which is disposed in the third region.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the first printed circuit board, the battery and the second printed circuit board are disposed so as not to overlap each other.

7 . The electronic device of claim 4 , further comprising a second sealing structure spatially dividing the second region and the third region and blocking the sound transmitted from the second open speaker from being transmitted to the rear plate.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the second sealing structure is disposed in the housing as a vertical wall.

9 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the second sealing structure is formed of an elastic material.

10 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the first sealing extends along one edge of the battery, and the second sealing structure extends along one edge of the battery.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second region of the housing includes a portion of the rear plate located adjacent to the battery.

12 . An electronic device comprising:

a housing comprising a front plate, a rear plate, and side member enclosing at least a portion of a space between the front plate and the rear plate;

a display disposed to be at least partially visible through the front plate;

a first open speaker disposed in a first region of the housing, wherein the first open speaker is configured to generate sound wave in the air of the first region;

a battery disposed in a second region of the housing; and

a first sealing layer configured to at least partially prevent the rear plate from vibrating in response to vibrations transmitted from the first open speaker towards the second region containing the battery,

wherein the first sealing layer spatially isolates the second region from the sound wave.

13 . An electronic device comprising:

a housing comprising a front plate, a rear plate, and side member enclosing at least a portion of a space between the front plate and the rear plate;

a battery accommodation portion formed in the housing by a guide rib;

a battery seated in the battery accommodation portion;

a display disposed to be at least partially visible through the front plate;

an open speaker disposed in the housing, wherein the open speaker is configured to generate sound wave in the air; and

a sealing structure formed in close contact of an upper end of the guide rib with the rear plate,

wherein the sealing structure blocks vibrations transmitted from the open speaker from being transmitted to the rear plate, and

wherein the sealing structure spatially isolates battery accommodation portion.

14 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the guide rib comprises one or more vertical walls, which are formed to surround the seated battery.

15 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the sealing structure is formed along the upper end of the guide rib.

16 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein a protruding height of the guide rib is greater than a thickness of the battery.

17 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein sealed space provided by the sealing structure faces one face of the battery.

18 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the sealing structure is in a compressed state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2023
From: JEONG, WONTAE; PARK, EUNGKYU; LEE, DONGYEOP; KIM, YONGHWA; LEE, GIHOON; LEE, JAEHWAN; CHOI, SEUNGBUM; CHOI, HYOUNGGIL; HEO, CHANGRYONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 065611/0334 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0108821 · Sep 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17933787 · Sep 20, 2022
Continuation 16510733 · Jul 12, 2019
Related Publication 20240089642A1 · Mar 14, 2024
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