Samsung patents ring design that folds circuit board to fit antenna
Samsung describes a smart ring with a circuit board that bends to fit inside the narrow housing. The design uses flexible sections to stack the antenna on top of the communication chip, saving space within the ring.
In the filing’s own words
A wearable electronic device may include a housing having a ring shape, a first non-conductive portion on a first surface of the housing, a first substrate at a position corresponding to the first non-conductive portion in an internal space of the housing, the first substrate including a first portion, a connecting portion, and a second portion that form the first substrate, the connecting portion connecting the first portion to the second portion, a wireless communication circuit on the first portion, and an antenna pattern on the second portion. The connecting portion is bent such that the second portion is disposed on the wireless communication circuit.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A wearable electronic device comprising: a ring-shaped housing including an outer surface and an inner surface; and a printed circuit board disposed between the outer surface and the inner surface, the printed circuit board including: a plurality of rigid portions including a first rigid portion, a second rigid portion, and a third rigid portion, a first flexible portion disposed between the plurality of rigid portions, a second flexible portion disposed over the first rigid portion, the second flexible portion including an antenna pattern formed therein, and a third flexible portion disposed between the first rigid portion and the second flexible portion, the third flexible portion including a conductive line electrically connected with the first rigid portion and the antenna pattern, wherein the plurality of rigid portions and the first flexible portion are arranged in a first direction, and wherein the third flexible portion is bent in a second direction such that the second flexible portion is disposed over the first rigid portion.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CONDUCTIVE PATTERN
- Publication number
- US20260312274A1
- Application number
- 19437040
- Filed
- Dec 30, 2025
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H01Q 1/243 Electricity & electronicsG06F 1/163 Physics & computingH01Q 1/273 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Wearables
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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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