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Samsung patents phone frame that fuses two metals for a tighter fit

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes a method for making an electronic device frame by combining a main metal structure with a support bracket made of a different metal. The bracket is formed in a way that fills small gaps and holes in the frame, creating a single, integrated unit that holds the display securely. This design aims to improve the structural connection between the device's outer shell and its internal components.

Why it mattersThis is a routine manufacturing improvement that likely makes the phone's body more rigid and better aligned, though it may not be visible to users.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device incudes a display and a housing assembly including a rear cover and a frame attached with the rear cover, the frame including a peripheral part, formed of a first metal material, the peripheral part including an outer portion defining a lateral side of the electronic device and an inner portion including a recess, a porous part integrally formed with the recess, and a bracket supporting the display, the bracket formed of a second metal material different from the first metal material, the bracket integrally formed with the peripheral part and the porous part, wherein a portion of the second metal material of the bracket (i) at least partially fills a gap between the porous part and a surface defining the recess, and (ii) at least partially fills pores included in the porous part.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a display; and a housing assembly including: a rear cover, and a frame attached with the rear cover, the frame including: a peripheral part formed of a first metal material, the peripheral part including an outer portion defining a lateral side of the electronic device, and an inner portion including a recess, a porous part integrally formed with the recess, and a bracket, supporting the display, formed of a second metal material different from the first metal material, the bracket integrally formed with the peripheral part and the porous part, wherein a portion of the second metal material of the bracket at least partially fills a gap between the porous part and a surface defining the recess of the peripheral part, and at least partially fills pores included in the porous part.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING FRAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
Publication number
US20260313814A1
Application number
19682782
Filed
May 20, 2026
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

H05K 5/0217 Electricity & electronics
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