Electronic device including electrical connection member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12265431-B2
Application number	US-202217858221-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2022
Priority date	Jun 30, 2021
Publication date	Apr 1, 2025
Grant date	Apr 1, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing, a first substrate disposed in an internal space of the housing, a conductive structure disposed at a location isolated from the first substrate, a second substrate electrically connected to the conductive structure and the first substrate, and an electrical connection member electrically connecting the second substrate to the conductive structure. The electrical connection member may include a first fixing portion fixed to the conductive structure, a second fixing portion fixed to the second substrate, and a connection portion connecting the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion. The first fixing portion includes a first bent portion bent along a first bent line from a neck portion, that is, a boundary area with the connection portion, and a second bent portion bent along a second bent line from the first bent portion. The first bent portion is bent in a first direction becoming distant from the conductive structure, and the second bent portion is bent in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a first substrate disposed inside of the housing;
a conductive structure spaced apart from the first substrate;
a second substrate electrically coupled to the conductive structure and the first substrate; and
an electrical connection member electrically connecting the second substrate to the conductive structure,
wherein the electrical connection member comprises:
a first fixing portion fixed to the conductive structure;
a second fixing portion fixed to the second substrate; and
a connection portion connecting the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion,

the first fixing portion comprises a first bent portion extending from a neck portion of the connection portion and bent along a first bent line and a second bent portion extending from the first bent portion and bent along a second bent line,
the first bent portion is bent in a first direction and distant from the conductive structure, and the second bent portion is bent in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and
a first shortest distance from the first bent line to the second bent line is shorter than a shortest distance from the second bent line to a distal portion of the first fixing portion.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first bent line and the second bent line are parallel to each other.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein each of a first bent angle of the first bent portion relative to the connection portion and a second bent angle of the second bent portion relative to the first bent portion is a range of 90 degrees to 180degrees.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the first bent angle and the second bent angle are substantially identical.

5. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the first bent angle and the second bent angle are different.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first fixing portion comprises a through hole for screw penetration, and the second bent line intersects the through hole.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the second bent line intersects the through hole between a center of the through hole and the neck portion.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a bent angle of each of the first bent portion and the second bent portion is determined so that the neck portion and a distal portion of the first fixing portion are brought into contact with a fixed surface of the conductive structure when the first fixing portion is placed on the fixed surface.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first bent portion is formed to have a tilt gradually becoming closer to a fixed surface of the conductive structure toward the neck portion when the first fixing portion is placed on the fixed surface.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second bent portion is formed to have a tilt gradually becoming closer to a fixed surface of the conductive structure toward a distal portion of the first fixing portion when the first fixing portion is placed on the fixed surface.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first bent portion and the second bent portion are deformed to form a plane identical with a plane of the connection portion when clamping of the first fixing portion to the conductive structure through a screw is completed.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises:
a first plate;
a second plate directed toward a direction opposite to a direction of the first plate; and
a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate and comprising at least partially a conductive portion, and
wherein the conductive structure is the conductive portion.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the conductive portion operates as an antenna by being segmented through at least one non-conductive segmentation portion.

14. The electronic device of claim 12 , further comprising a display disposed in the space and visible through at least a part of the first plate.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive structure comprises a conductive bracket disposed in an internal space of the electronic device and used for a ground connection.

16. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second substrate comprises a flexible RF cable (FRC) or a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connecting the conductive structure used as an antenna and the first substrate.

17. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first substrate comprises a flexible substrate, and
the second fixing portion is electrically connected to at least a part of the flexible substrate through soldering.

18. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first fixing portion, the second fixing portion, and the connection portion are integrated.

19. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection member is made of a metal material having a plate shape.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Sunghyup
• Kim Beomju
• Park Myunggwan
• Park Jungsik
• Yoon Yeohwan
• Lee Hyunwoo
• Choi Yongchan
• Hong Hyunju

Classifications

• H01Q1/243 Primary

  with built-in antennas · CPC title

• H01Q1/38

  formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support {(patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface  H01Q15/142)} · CPC title

• H05K1/189

  characterised by the use of flexible or folded printed circuits · CPC title

• H04M2250/22

  including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector · CPC title

• H05K9/0064

  Earth or grounding circuit · CPC title