US 12,309,948 B2
Rollable electronic device including gear assembly
Hojin Jung, Suwon-si (KR); Moonsun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hyoungtak Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Yangwook Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Changryong Heo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/056,011.
Application 18/056,011 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/015301, filed on Oct. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0182450 (KR), filed on Dec. 20, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0010519 (KR), filed on Jan. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199984 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0217 (2013.01) [H04M 1/0237 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to receive at least a portion of the first housing, the first housing is configured to move relative to the second housing;
a display configured to be rolled and/or unrolled based on a slide movement of at least part of the housing;
a display support member supporting at least a portion of the display and configured to move along with the display;
a motor structure, including a motor core and a motor shaft driven directly by the motor core, configured to generate a driving force for the slide movement of the first housing and at least partially disposed in the housing, wherein the motor shaft comprises a first shaft end and a second shaft end opposite to the first shaft end;
a first gear assembly connected to the first housing and engaged with the first shaft end of the motor shaft and configured to transfer at least a portion of the driving force generated by the motor core to the first housing; and
a second gear assembly connected to the display support member and engaged with the second shaft end of the motor shaft, and configured to transfer at least a portion of the driving force to the display support member,
wherein the second gear assembly is configured to displace the display support member relative to the second housing, and wherein the first gear assembly is configured to displace the first housing relative to the second housing.