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Samsung patents phone frame design that locks display in place with metal pins

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has filed a patent for a new way to build the internal structure of an electronic device, such as a smartphone. The design uses a metal frame with small holes or pores, into which parts of a separate metal bracket are inserted to secure the display screen.

Why it mattersThis is a standard structural improvement that helps manufacturers hold internal components together more securely during assembly.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing assembly, including a rear cover defining a rear surface of the electronic device, a frame attached to the rear cover, wherein the frame is formed of a first metal material, the frame including a first portion defining a side surface of the electronic device, and a second portion disposed on an inner surface of the first portion, and a bracket including a supporting portion, wherein the bracket is formed of a second metal material different from the first metal material, and a display supported by the supporting portion of the bracket, wherein the second portion of the frame is disposed between the first portion of the frame and the supporting portion of the bracket, wherein a portion of the second metal material of the bracket is inserted into some pores included in the second portion of the frame.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a housing assembly including: a rear cover defining a rear surface of the electronic device, a frame attached to the rear cover, wherein the frame is formed of a first metal material, the frame including: a first portion defining a side surface of the electronic device, and a second portion disposed on an inner surface of the first portion, and a bracket including a supporting portion, wherein the bracket is formed of a second metal material different from the first metal material; and a display supported by the supporting portion of the bracket, wherein the second portion of the frame is disposed between the first portion of the frame and the supporting portion of the bracket, and wherein a portion of the second metal material of the bracket is inserted into some of pores included in the second portion of the frame.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING HOUSING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING FRAME AND BRACKET, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
Publication number
US20260333597A1
Application number
19694087
Filed
Jun 1, 2026
Published
Oct 22, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

H05K 5/0217 Electricity & electronicsH05K 5/03 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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