US 12,376,241 B2
Electronic device having housing comprising metal material
Sangin Baek, Suwon-si (KR); Daum Hwang, Suwon-si (KR); and Yoonhee Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/086,895.
Application 18/086,895 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/007341, filed on Jun. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0076697 (KR), filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0121011 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0217 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); H04M 1/0202 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a cover glass disposed on a front surface of the electronic device; and
a housing on which the cover glass is seated, wherein the housing comprises a metal frame comprising a metal material and the metal frame includes a seating surface configured to seat the cover glass,
wherein the metal frame of the housing comprises a first area forming at least a portion of a side surface of the electronic device and a second area to which the cover glass is attached, a nickel (Ni)-containing anodized layer is disposed in the first area of the metal frame, and a nickel-free anodized layer is disposed in the second area of the metal frame.