Electronic device including window

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018368274-A1
Application number	US-201816011799-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 19, 2018
Priority date	Jun 19, 2017
Publication date	Dec 20, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a housing, which includes a front structure and a rear structure attached to each other, and a touch screen display. The front structure of the housing may include a first plate facing a first direction and a side plate extending from the first plate. The first plate may have a first thickness. The side plate may have a second thickness larger than the first thickness. The side plate may include a first surface facing a peripheral portion of the rear structure. The rear structure may include a second plate facing a second direction opposite the first direction and a second surface facing the first surface. The first surface may face a third direction. The second surface may face a fourth direction. The third and fourth directions may be configured to differ from the first and second directions, respectively. The touch screen display may have at least a part exposed through at least a part of the first plate. Other various embodiments may be possible.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a housing including:
a front structure and a rear structure attached to each other,
the front structure including a first plate facing a first direction and a side plate extending from the first plate, the first plate having a first thickness, the side plate having a second thickness larger than the first thickness, the side plate including a first surface facing a peripheral portion of the rear structure,
the rear structure including a second plate facing a second direction opposite the first direction and a second surface facing the first surface, wherein the first surface is facing a third direction, the second surface is facing a fourth direction, and the third and fourth directions are different from the first and second directions, respectively; and
a touch screen display having at least a part exposed through at least a part of the first plate.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the third direction is at an acute angle with respect to the second direction, and is at an obtuse angle with respect to the first direction.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the fourth direction is at an obtuse angle with respect to the second direction, and is at an acute angle with respect to the first direction.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the side plate comprises one or more layers.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the front structure is made of glass.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral portion of the rear structure is made of a metallic material, and the second plate is a glass plate.

7 . An electronic device comprising:
a front structure including a first plate facing a first direction, a first side plate perpendicular to the first plate, and a second side plate perpendicular to the first plate; a rear structure coupled to end portions of the first and second side plates; a support member arranged inside the front structure so as to support the front structure, the support member having a shape corresponding to the front structure and is coupled to the rear structure; and a display device arranged between the front structure and the rear structure so as to display information through the front structure, wherein the rear structure includes one or more first end portions having varying heights in the first direction, and the first side plate and the second side plate each includes one or more second end portions having varying heights corresponding to the one or more first end portions, so as to be coupled to the one or more first end portions.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the rear structure include a first part that forms two end-portion areas in which the one or more first end portions are arranged, and a second part arranged to extend from the first part, the second part includes protrusions protruding in the first direction.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more first end portions include a first ledge structure that is higher towards an exterior of the rear structure, and the one or more second end portions include a second ledge structure corresponding to the first ledge structure.

10 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more first end portions include a diagonally shaped end portion having a sloping surface that is higher towards an exterior of the rear structure, and the one or more second end portions include an end portion structure corresponding to the diagonally shaped end portion.

11 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the one or more first end portions of the first part and the protrusions of the second part are arranged to form recesses that receive at least portions of side portions of the support member and the one or more second end portions.

12 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first part of the rear structure further includes coupling hooks protruding in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the coupling hooks are coupled to protruding structures formed on side portions of the support member.

13 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the protruding structures of the support member comprise coupling members protruding in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the coupling members are inserted into spaces between end portions of the front structure and the coupling hooks, respectively, and coupled therein.

14 . The electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising first attachment members arranged between the diagonally shaped end portion and the end portion structure so as to couple the rear structure and the front structure.

15 . The electronic device of claim 14 , further comprising a second attachment member arranged between the first part and the second part of the rear structure so as to couple the first part and the second part or arranged between the second part of the rear structure and a lower end portion of the front structure so as to couple the rear structure and the front structure.

16 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first side plate and the second side plate of the front structure have a thickness larger than a thickness of the first plate.

17 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more first end portions, the one or more second end portions, and the protrusions are formed as one or more lines along a longitudinal direction of the electronic device.

18 . An electronic device comprising:
a front structure including a first plate facing a first direction, a first side plate perpendicular to the first plate, and a second side plate perpendicular to the first plate; a rear structure coupled to end portions of the first and second side plates; a support member arranged inside the front structure so as to support the front structure, the support member having a shape corresponding to the front structure and is coupled to the rear structure; one or more side members arranged between the first side plate and the second side plate of the front structure and side portions of the support member, respectively; and a display device arranged between the front structure and the support member so as to display information through the front structure, wherein the rear structure includes one or more first end portions having varying heights in the first direction, and the side members include one or more second end portions having varying heights corresponding to the one or more first end portions, so as to be coupled to the one or more first end portions.

19 . The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more first end portions include a diagonally shaped end portion having a sloping surface that is higher towards an exterior of the rear structure, and the one or more second end portions include an end portion structure corresponding to the diagonally shaped end portion.

20 . The electronic device of claim 19 , further comprising attachment members arranged between the side members and the front structure,
wherein the side members have a thickness different from a thickness of the front structure.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ha Do-Hyung
• Kim Seong-Hoon
• Lee Min-Sung
• BYEON Hyung-Sup
• Yeom Dong-Hyun
• YOO Min-Woo
• Hong Hyun-Ju

Classifications

• H04M1/0249

  Details of the mechanical connection between the housing parts or relating to the method of assembly · CPC title

• H05K5/03 Primary

  Covers · CPC title

• H05K5/0017

  with operator interface units · CPC title

• H05K5/0004

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05K5/10

  comprising several parts forming a closed casing · CPC title