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Samsung patents bracket design to keep flexible wires away from screens

Samsung describes an internal structure for electronic devices that uses a bracket with a hole to route flexible circuit boards. A small support piece inside the hole holds the flexible wire in place, ensuring it does not touch the display screen behind it.

Why it mattersThis is a routine hardware improvement that helps protect delicate internal wiring from pressing against the screen, which can prevent display issues in thin devices.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a bracket including one surface facing outside of the electronic device, another surface facing inside of the electronic device and opposite to the one surface, and a through hole penetrating the one surface and the other surface, a display disposed on the one surface of the bracket, a printed circuit board spaced apart from the other surface of the bracket in a direction toward which the other surface of the bracket faces, a flexible printed circuit board passing through the through hole and extending from one surface of the display facing the one surface of the bracket to the printed circuit board, and a supporting portion partially disposed on the through hole and is spaced apart from the one surface of the display, wherein the supporting portion is in contact with a part of a portion of the flexible printed circuit board, and wherein the supporting portion separates the part of the flexible printed circuit board passing through the through hole from the one surface of the display.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a bracket including one surface facing outside of the electronic device, another surface facing inside of the electronic device and opposite to the one surface, and a through hole penetrating the one surface and the other surface; a display disposed on the one surface of the bracket; a printed circuit board spaced apart from the other surface of the bracket in a direction toward which the other surface of the bracket faces; a flexible printed circuit board passing through the through hole and extending from one surface of the display facing the one surface of the bracket to the printed circuit board; and a supporting portion partially disposed on the through hole and spaced apart from the one surface of the display, wherein the supporting portion is in contact with a part of the flexible printed circuit board, and wherein the supporting portion separates the part of the flexible printed circuit board passing through the through hole from the one surface of the display.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Electronic device comprising structure for supporting flexible printed circuit board
Patent number
US12771770B2
Application number
18924392
Filed
Oct 23, 2024
Granted
Oct 20, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

H04M 1/0277 Electricity & electronicsG06F 1/1637 Physics & computingG06F 1/1652 Physics & computingG06F 1/1681 Physics & computingH04M 1/0214 Electricity & electronicsH04M 1/0216 Electricity & electronics
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