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Samsung patents SIM tray with a hinged cover that locks in place

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes a design for a SIM card tray that includes a hinged cover to seal the opening when the tray is not in use. The cover uses a simple locking mechanism with protrusions that snap into grooves to stay closed or open.

Why it mattersThis is a minor mechanical improvement to a standard phone component, likely aimed at making the tray more secure or easier to handle.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device may include: a housing including an opening; a circuit board disposed in the housing; a socket disposed on the circuit board; and a tray to be inserted into the socket. The tray may include: a body including an accommodation space; a connection member disposed adjacent to the body and including a first fixing region and a second fixing region spaced apart from the first fixing region; and a cover including a support portion for shielding the opening and an operation portion formed adjacent to the support portion, and coupled to the connection member to be pivotable between a first position and a second position. The operation portion may include a fixing portion in at least part thereof, the fixing portion may be disposed in the first fixing region at the first position and in the second fixing region at the second position, and when an external force is applied to the support portion at the first position, at least part of the operation portion may be movable from the first fixing region to the second fixing region in contact with at least part of the connection member.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a housing including an opening; a circuit board disposed at least partially in the housing; a socket disposed on the circuit board; and a tray configured to be inserted into the socket, wherein the tray includes: a body including an accommodation space; a connection member disposed adjacent to the body and including a first fixing region and a second fixing region spaced apart from the first fixing region, wherein the first fixing region and the second fixing region are formed as concave portions in at least part of the connection member; and a cover including a support portion for shielding the opening and an operation portion formed adjacent to the support portion, and coupled to the connection member to be pivotable between a first position and a second position, wherein the cover includes an opening accommodating at least part of the connection member, wherein the operation portion includes a fixing portion in at least part thereof, and wherein the fixing portion comprises at least one protrusion formed on an inner surface of the operation portion and configured to be accommodated in at least one of the concave portions, wherein the fixing portion is disposed in the first fixing region at the first position and in the second fixing region at the second position by movement of the operation portion between the first and second positions, and wherein the tray is configured so that when an external force is applied to the support portion at the first position, at least part of the operation portion is movable from the first fixing region to the second fixing region in contact with at least part of the connection member.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Electronic device with tray including body, connection member, and pivotable cover for SIM or SD card
Patent number
US12764209B2
Application number
18076631
Filed
Dec 7, 2022
Granted
Oct 13, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
19

Classified under

H04M 1/026 Electricity & electronics
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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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