Camera device and electronic device comprising camera device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12495194-B2
Application number	US-202418431179-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2024
Priority date	Aug 5, 2021
Publication date	Dec 9, 2025
Grant date	Dec 9, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including an opening, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed inside the housing, and a camera deco part disposed inside the opening and covering a camera assembly. The camera deco part includes a first metal portion having a first surface at least partially exposed to an outside of the electronic device, the first surface including an oxide coating layer, and a second surface including no oxide coating layer, a second metal portion having a third surface at least partially exposed to an outside of the electronic device, the third surface including an oxide coating layer, and a fourth surface including no oxide coating layer, the fourth surface facing the PCB, and a first adhesive portion located between the second surface of the first metal portion and the fourth surface of the second metal portion, the first adhesive portion including at least one recess.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a housing including an opening; a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed inside the housing; and a camera deco part disposed inside the opening and covering a camera assembly, wherein the camera deco part includes:
a first metal portion including:
a first surface at least partially exposed to an outside of the electronic device, the first surface including an oxide coating layer formed thereon, and
a second surface including no oxide coating layer formed thereon, a second metal portion including:
a third surface at least partially exposed to the outside of the electronic device, the third surface including an oxide coating layer formed thereon, and
a fourth surface including no oxide coating layer formed thereon, the fourth surface facing the PCB, and

a first adhesive portion located between the second surface of the first metal portion and the fourth surface of the second metal portion, the first adhesive portion including at least one recess.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the second surface is a bottom surface of the first metal portion, and wherein the fourth surface includes at least a portion of a top surface of the second metal portion.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the second surface and the fourth surface is in contact with the first adhesive portion.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when static electricity from the outside of the electronic device is introduced into the camera deco part through the first metal portion, the static electricity is transferred from a portion of the second surface of the first metal portion, which is not in contact with the first adhesive portion, to a portion of the fourth surface of the second metal portion, which is not in contact with the first adhesive portion.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first adhesive portion is in a form of a plurality of rings including openings corresponding to a plurality of camera lenses forming the camera assembly.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one recess is formed to be concave inwardly from at least a portion of an outer periphery of the first adhesive portion.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one recess is formed to be concave outwardly from at least a portion of an inner periphery of the first adhesive portion.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a conductive sponge, wherein the conductive sponge is disposed between the second metal portion and the PCB.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein, when static electricity from the outside of the electronic device is introduced into the camera deco part through the first metal portion, the static electricity is transferred to the PCB through the first metal portion, the second metal portion, and the conductive sponge.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a rib located between the first metal portion the second metal portion.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a camera window facing a top of the first metal portion; and a second adhesive portion located between the camera window and the first metal portion.

12 . A camera deco part covering a camera assembly in an electronic device, the camera deco part comprising:
a first metal portion including:
a first surface at least partially exposed to an outside of the electronic device, the first surface including an oxide coating layer formed thereon, and
a second surface including no oxide coating layer formed thereon;
a second metal portion including:
a third surface at least partially exposed to the outside of the electronic device, the third surface including an oxide coating layer formed thereon, and
a fourth surface including no oxide coating layer formed thereon, the fourth surface facing a printed circuit board (PCB); and
a first adhesive portion located between the second surface of the first metal portion and the fourth surface of the second metal portion, the first adhesive portion including at least one recess.

13 . The camera deco part of claim 12 ,
wherein the second surface is a bottom surface of the first metal portion, and wherein the fourth surface includes at least a portion of a top surface of the second metal portion.

14 . The camera deco part of claim 12 , wherein at least a portion of the second surface and the fourth surface is in contact with the first adhesive portion.

15 . The camera deco part of claim 12 , wherein, when static electricity from the outside of the electronic device is introduced into the camera deco part through the first metal portion, the static electricity is transferred from a portion not in contact with the first adhesive portion on the second surface of the first metal portion to a portion not in contact with the first adhesive portion on the fourth surface of the second metal portion.

16 . The camera deco part of claim 12 , wherein the first adhesive portion is in a form of a plurality of rings including openings corresponding to a plurality of camera lenses forming the camera assembly.

17 . The camera deco part of claim 12 , wherein the at least one recess is formed to be concave inwardly from at least a portion of an outer periphery of the first adhesive portion.

18 . The camera deco part of claim 12 , wherein the at least one recess is formed to be concave outwardly from at least a portion of an inner periphery of the first adhesive portion.

19 . The camera deco part of claim 12 , further comprising:
a rib located between the first metal portion and the first adhesive portion.

20 . The camera deco part of claim 12 , wherein the second metal portion is aligned at a position corresponding to at least one of the first metal portion or the first adhesive portion.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Soyeong

Classifications

• H05F1/02

  by surface treatment · CPC title

• G03B30/00

  Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for being embedded in other devices, e.g. mobile phones or vehicles · CPC title

• G03B17/08

  Waterproof bodies or housings · CPC title

• H04M1/0264 Primary

  for a camera module assembly · CPC title

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title