US 2026/0229424 A1Published application

Electronic device comprising key assembly

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorDonggyu OH

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Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing including first and second accommodation spaces extending in a first direction from an outer surface of a side member toward an inside and at a position spaced apart from the outer surface and extending from an inner wall of the first accommodation space in a second direction crossing the first direction, respectively, and a key assembly. The key assembly includes a body part partially disposed in the first accommodation space and including first and second engagement holes extending from outer and inner surfaces, respectively, a key cap coupled to the outer surface by a first engagement hook engaging with the first engagement hole and an interference member coupled to the inner surface by a second engagement hook engaging with the second engagement hole, and partially accommodated in the second accommodation space.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An electronic device, comprising:

a housing including a first accommodation space extending in a first direction from an outer surface of a side member toward an inside of the side member, and at least one second accommodation space extending in a second direction crossing the first direction from an inner wall of the first accommodation space at a position spaced apart from the outer surface of the side member;
and
a key assembly at least partially accommodated in the first accommodation space and the second accommodation space,
wherein the key assembly includes,
a body portion at least partially disposed in the first accommodation space, and including at least one first binding hole extending from an outer surface of the body portion and at least one second binding hole extending from an inner surface of the body portion;
a key cap coupled to the outer surface of the body portion by including a first binding hook engaged with the at least one first binding hole;
and
an interference member at least partially accommodated in the second accommodation space and coupled to the inner surface of the body portion by including a second binding hook engaged with the at least one second binding hole.

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An electronic device, comprising:

a housing defining first and second accommodation spaces;
and
a key assembly accommodated in the first and second accommodation spaces and comprising:
a body portion partially disposed in the first accommodation space and comprising first and second binding holes extending from outer and inner surfaces of the body portion, respectively;
a key cap coupled to the outer surface by a first binding hook engaging with the first binding hole;
and
an interference member partially accommodated in the second accommodation space and coupled to the inner surface by a second binding hook engaging with the second binding hole.

4 more elements

A key assembly accommodated in first and second accommodation spaces of an electronic, the key assembly comprising:

a body portion partially disposed in the first accommodation space and comprising first and second binding holes extending from outer and inner surfaces of the body portion, respectively;
a key cap coupled to the outer surface by a first binding hook engaging with the first binding hole;
and
an interference member partially accommodated in the second accommodation space and coupled to the inner surface by a second binding hook engaging with the second binding hole.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/576,669Filed 24 Mar 2026
Priority: KR 10-2023-018277915 Dec 2023
Published: 6 Aug 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H01H 13/14
Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon: operating parts, e.g. push-button
H04M 1/236
Construction or mounting of dials or of equivalent devices; Means for facilitating the use thereof: including keys on side or rear faces
G04G 17/02
Structural details; Housings: component assemblies
G04G 17/04
Component assemblies: mounting of electronic components

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