Samsung patents spring-loaded hook to hold foldable phone parts together
This patent describes a mechanical fastening system for electronic devices with a rotating hinge, such as foldable phones. It uses a spring-loaded hook attached to the internal circuit board that snaps into a slot on the back cover to secure the two parts together.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing rotatably connected to the first housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) arranged inside the first housing, a first fastening structure arranged in the PCB, and a second fastening structure arranged inside the rear cover to be fastened to the first fastening structure, wherein the first fastening structure includes a fixing member fixedly connected to the PCB, a rotation hook rotatably connected to the fixing member and configured to fasten to the second fastening structure, and an elastic member having a first end connected to the fixing member and a second end connected to the rotation hook, wherein the elastic member generates a torque that rotates the rotation hook relative to the fixing member in first direction or a second direction based on a fastening state of the second fastening structure to the rotation hook.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device comprising: a first housing comprising a front cover and a rear cover, the rear cover being configured to fasten to the front cover; a second housing connected to a display and rotatably connected to the first housing; a printed circuit board (PCB) arranged inside the first housing; a first fastening structure arranged in the PCB; and a second fastening structure arranged inside the rear cover to be fastened to the first fastening structure, wherein the first fastening structure comprises: a fixing member fixedly connected to the PCB; a rotation hook rotatably connected to the fixing member and configured to fasten to the second fastening structure; and an elastic member having a first end connected to the fixing member and a second end connected to the rotation hook, and wherein the elastic member generates a torque that rotates the rotation hook relative to the fixing member in a first direction and a second direction, a direction in which the torque is generated being based on a fastening state of the second fastening structure to the rotation hook.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Electronic device including fastening member
- Patent number
- US12761700B2
- Application number
- 18186362
- Filed
- Mar 20, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 1/1681 Physics & computingG06F 1/1679 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in Phones & computers
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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