US 12,298,802 B2
Display apparatus including rotator for rotating display module
Daesu Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Jisu Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hunsung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sangbong Jeon, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunyong Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,103.
Application 17/983,103 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/014080, filed on Sep. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0189807 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0205258 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); F16M 11/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1601 (2013.01) [F16M 11/105 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display module; and
a rotator coupled to the display module and provided to rotate the display module between a first mode in which the display module is vertically disposed and a second mode in which the display module is horizontally disposed,
wherein the rotator comprises:
a driving motor configured to provide a driving force;
a first gear configured to rotate around a first rotating axis parallel to a driving axis of the driving motor by the driving force from the driving motor; and
a second gear configured to mesh with the first gear and rotate around a second rotating axis parallel to the driving axis and the first rotating axis,
wherein the first gear comprises a first gear part, a first body, and the second gear comprises a second gear part, a second body, and a third body,
wherein the first gear part and the second gear part are formed to increase a rotational resistance between the first gear and the second gear when the display module rotates in a first direction in the first mode,
wherein the first gear part is formed along a circumferential surface of the first body,
wherein the second gear part is provided to mesh with the first gear part and formed along a circumferential surface of the second body,
wherein the third body is provided to rotate around the second rotating axis together with the second body and has a diameter greater than an external diameter of the second gear part, and
wherein the third gear part is formed along a circumferential surface of the third body.