Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hinge structure and electronic device including the same
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Application No.: US17832218Application Date: 2022-06-03
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Publication No.: US11886257B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Jongkeun Kim , Hyungsoo Kim
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Jefferson IP Law, LLP
- Priority: KR 20210013068 2021.01.29
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; F16C11/04 ; H04M1/02 ; E05D3/12

Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a hinge structure configured to connect the first housing and the second housing, and a foldable display module. The hinge structure includes a rotating shaft, a first idle gear, a second idle gear, a first gear, a second gear, a first pressing member configured to move the first gear toward the second gear, and a first interconnecting structure formed between the first gear and the second gear to enable the first gear to engage with the second gear, the first interconnecting structure being formed between the first gear and the second gear such that, as first pressing member moves the first gear toward the second gear, the first gear and the second gear receive with rotational forces in opposite directions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220291725A1 HINGE STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2022-09-15
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