Wearable electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12422786-B2
Application number	US-202217883835-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2022
Priority date	Aug 9, 2021
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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 rec

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Song Donghun
• Han Kwangsoo

Classifications

• G06F1/163

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• G06F1/1656

  Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203) · CPC title

• G04G99/00

  Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• G04B37/08

  Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits {(covers or protecting devices which can be directly removed, or by sliding or turning G04B37/005; hermetic sealing of watch or crystal with special pieces G04B39/02; hermetically-sealed electrical switches H01H23/06)} · CPC title

• C25D11/14

  Producing integrally coloured layers · CPC title