US 12,449,856 B2
Waterproofing structure of electronic device, and electronic device including same
Jinho Lim, Suwon-si (KR); Gyeongtae Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Yonghwa Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,222.
Application 18/106,222 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/009570, filed on Jul. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0097204 (KR), filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0201746 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 1/1688 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display which forms at least a part of a front surface of the electronic device;
a frame structure which forms at least a part of a side surface of the electronic device, wherein the display is disposed on the frame structure, the side surface faces in a first direction, the front surface faces in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the display faces in the second direction, and the frame structure comprises a first opening exposed to an outside of the electronic device through the side surface and oriented in the first direction and a recessed portion formed adjacent to the first opening;
an audio module disposed adjacent to the recessed portion;
a waterproof member disposed between the recessed portion and the audio module and facing the first opening in the first direction;
a protection member disposed in a recessed space formed by the recessed portion,
wherein the waterproof member comprises:
a waterproof film disposed between the recessed portion and the audio module and having a first side facing in the first direction and a second side facing in a direction opposite to the first direction;
a first adhesive member disposed on the first side of the waterproof film and configured to attach the waterproof film and the frame structure;
a second adhesive member disposed on the second side of the waterproof film and configured to attach the audio module and the waterproof film; and
wherein the protection member is disposed on the first adhesive member and is in a plate shape and faces the first opening in the first direction,
wherein the first adhesive member comprises a second opening on an outside of a region of the first adhesive member where the protection member is disposed,
wherein the second adhesive member comprises a third opening on a region of the second adhesive member, the region of the first adhesive member corresponding to the region of the second adhesive member, and
wherein the second opening is disposed to be oriented in the first direction and the third opening is disposed to be oriented in the direction opposite to the first direction.