US 12,422,897 B2
Lifting structure and electronic device including the same
Minji Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Iksang Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/116,535.
Application 18/116,535 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/018369, filed on Nov. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0177513 (KR), filed on Dec. 13, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0042370 (KR), filed on Apr. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0205280 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05D 3/12 (2006.01); E05D 11/00 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); F16H 37/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [F16C 11/04 (2013.01); F16H 37/126 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); E05D 3/122 (2013.01); E05D 11/00 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/604 (2013.01); E05Y 2999/00 (2024.05)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing; and
a lifting structure configured to connect the first housing to the second housing and configured to lift the first housing based on rotation of the second housing,
wherein the lifting structure comprises:
a fixing body connected to the second housing;
a gear assembly comprising at least one connecting gear and a driven gear, wherein the driven gear is operably connected to the at least one connecting gear, and the at least one connecting gear is connected to the fixing body;
a first moving body configured to move, in the first housing, in a first direction, wherein the first moving body comprises a guide gear and a first guide rail formed in the first moving body in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, wherein the guide gear is formed on the first moving body, and wherein the guide gear extends in the first direction and is configured to be driven by the driven gear; and
a second moving body moveably coupled with the first housing and comprising an engaging portion configured to engage with the first guide rail, wherein the second moving body is configured to move in a third direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction, and wherein the second moving body is configured to support the first housing,
wherein the first guide rail comprises a first edge, a second edge that is opposite to the first edge, and a slot extending between the first edge and the second edge,
wherein, when the electronic device is in a closed state, the engaging portion is positioned at the first edge of the first guide rail, and
wherein, when the electronic device is in an open state, the engaging portion is positioned at the second edge of the first guide rail.