US 12,445,545 B2
Electronic device including waterproof member
Kyungpil Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yitae Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Daeyoung Noh, Suwon-si (KR); Sungjin Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Sukwon Chung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,719.
Application 17/862,719 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/007119, filed on May 18, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0126240 (KR), filed on Sep. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0098942 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0249 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1675 (2013.01); H01R 13/5202 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a side wall having a first opening and a second opening at one side of the first opening;
a tray configured to be inserted into or extracted from the housing through the first opening; and
a waterproof member provided in the second opening and configured to reciprocate linearly,
wherein the waterproof member comprises:
a pin member configured to linearly reciprocate within the second opening; and
a waterproof ring provided on an outer peripheral surface of the pin member, the waterproof ring comprising:
a coupling portion at least partially surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the pin member,
at least one sealing portion protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the coupling portion and contacting an inner wall of the second opening, and
at least three support portions protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the coupling portion and extending in a direction away from the at least one sealing portion,
wherein the at least one sealing portion is configured to seal a space between the outer peripheral surface of the pin member and the inner wall of the second opening, and
wherein the second opening extends at an incline with respect to a direction in which the tray is inserted or extracted and, on an outer surface of the side wall, the second opening is aligned on a straight line with at least one of a connector hole, a sound hole, and a key input device.