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Samsung patents phone case with built-in pocket for small gadgets

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has filed a patent for an electronic device, such as a smartphone, that works with a special cover. The cover has a built-in pocket or space between the phone and the case where you can place a small external device. A wall inside the cover blocks part of this pocket, but leaves a clear path for sound to travel from the phone's microphone through the case.

Why it mattersThis design could let users keep small accessories, like a wireless earbud or a tiny tracker, securely attached to their phone without it getting in the way of the microphone.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an input device configured to receive sound, a housing including a first opening through which the sound received by the input device is configured to pass, and a cover including a first cover hole overlapping with the first opening, a placement space where an external device is configured to be placed, the placement space being between (i) a first side surface of the housing where the first opening is included and (ii) a first cover side surface of the cover where the first cover hole is included, and a partition wall facing the first side surface, the partition wall covering a portion of the placement space, wherein a portion of the placement space not covered by the partition wall extends from the first opening to the first cover hole.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: an input device configured to receive sound; a housing comprising a first opening through which the sound received by the input device is configured to pass; and a cover comprising: a first cover hole overlapping with the first opening, a placement space where an external device is configured to be placed, the placement space being between (i) a first side surface of the housing where the first opening is comprised and (ii) a first cover side surface of the cover where the first cover hole is comprised, and a partition wall facing the first side surface, the partition wall covering a portion of the placement space, wherein a portion of the placement space not covered by the partition wall extends from the first opening to the first cover hole.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: COVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON WHICH COVER IS MOUNTED
Publication number: US20260314772A1
Application number: 19690359
Filed: May 28, 2026
Published: Oct 15, 2026
Inventors: 6
Claims: 20

Classified under

A45C 11/00 Human necessities

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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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