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Samsung patents key button design using wires to hold parts in place

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has filed a patent for a physical button structure inside an electronic device. The design uses a plate with holes and a wire member to hold multiple pins in place, providing support for the button mechanism.

Why it mattersThis is a routine mechanical improvement for device assembly that helps stabilize internal components, likely making the button more durable or easier to manufacture.

In the filing’s own words

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing including multiple pin members, a plate coupled to the housing and including multiple through holes through which the multiple pin members pass, respectively, and a wire member disposed to support at least a portion of each of the multiple pin members protruding from the through holes. The plate may be supported by the wire member.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a housing comprising multiple pin members; a plate coupled to the housing and comprising multiple through holes through which the multiple pin members pass, respectively; and a wire member disposed to support at least a portion of each of the multiple pin members protruding from the through holes, wherein the plate is supported by the wire member.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING KEY BUTTON
Publication number: US20260321532A1
Application number: 19463979
Filed: Jan 29, 2026
Published: Oct 15, 2026
Inventors: 1
Claims: 20

Classified under

H01H 13/7065 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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