Wearable electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12443227-B2
Application number	US-202418954022-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2024
Priority date	Jun 7, 2022
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jooho
• Sim Jaeyong
• Choi Yongjun

Classifications

• H05K1/144

  Stacked arrangements of planar printed circuit boards · CPC title

• H05K1/0256 Primary

  Electrical insulation details, e.g. around high voltage areas · CPC title

• G06F1/1694

  the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer · CPC title

• G06F1/1637

  Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing · CPC title

• H05K1/0215

  Grounding of printed circuits by connection to external grounding means · CPC title