US 11,740,663 B2
Electronic device including air vent hole
Minsu Jung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/827,033.
Application 17/827,033 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/005310, filed on Apr. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0111022 (KR), filed on Aug. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0059598 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1658 (2013.01) [G06F 2200/1633 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a first support member provided between a front surface and a rear surface of the electronic device, and a side structure surrounding at least a portion of an area in which the first support member is provided,
wherein a first opening extends from an outer surface of the side structure to an internal space of the housing through a first portion of the side structure;
wherein a second opening is provided at one side of the first opening and extends from the outer surface of the side structure to the internal space of the housing through a second portion of the side structure;
wherein a vent hole extends from an inner wall of the second opening and has one end exposed to one surface of the first support member;
wherein the electronic device further comprises a waterproof member at least partially accommodated in the second opening,
wherein the waterproof member comprises:
a pin member configured to be linearly reciprocated within the second opening; and
at least one waterproof ring protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the pin member and configured to seal a space between the outer peripheral surface of the pin member and the inner wall of the second opening, and
wherein another end of the vent hole is exposed to an inside of the second opening between the at least one waterproof ring and the outer surface of the side structure.