US 12,069,815 B2
Electronic device comprising reinforcement structure for damage prevention
Hyunho Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jehyun Son, Suwon-si (KR); and Taewon Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,142.
Application 17/824,142 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/009917, filed on Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0094724 (KR), filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295647 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H01R 12/75 (2011.01)
CPC H05K 5/0069 (2013.01) [H01R 12/75 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display configured to form a front surface of the electronic device;
a housing in which the display is seated and configured to form at least a first side surface of the electronic device;
an opening provided in the first side surface formed by the housing;
a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed adjacent to the first side surface;
a connecting interface disposed on the PCB and configured to be electrically connected to an external connector when the external connector is inserted through the opening; and
a reinforcement member disposed on the PCB and configured to surround a side surface of the connecting interface without covering a top surface of the connecting interface,
wherein the connecting interface, the reinforcement member and the PCB form a structure having at least three sides with an air gap therein.