Patents Examined by Keon Nmn Kim
  • Patent number: 12222763
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a housing; a roller installed inside the housing; a display unit wound around the roller; a link having a first arm povitably mounted on the display unit and a second arm pivotably connected to the first arm and povitably on to the housing; a lead screw installed inside the housing; a slider moving on the lead screw according to rotation of the lead screw; a rod having one side connected to the slider and the other side connected to the second arm; a plurality of springs allowing the lead screw to be inserted thereinto, providing an elastic force to the slider, and arranged in series; a spacer located between the plurality of springs and allowing the lead screw to be inserted thereinto; and a damping member supporting a lower side of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taesung Cha, Kyungmin Jeong, Heegun Park
  • Patent number: 12197257
    Abstract: A rotation shaft assembly includes first and second rotation shafts configured to be connected to first and second bodies, respectively, a synchronization mechanism disposed between and transmissively connected to the first and second rotation shafts, and a control mechanism including first and second followers sleeved at the first and second rotation shaft, respectively, and a lock member disposed between the first and second rotation shafts. In a first state of the first and second bodies flipping relative to each other, the lock member interacts with the first or second follower to fix the first or second rotation shaft. In a second state of the first and second bodies flipping relative to each other, action of the lock member on the first and second followers is released, and the first and second rotation shafts rotate synchronously through the synchronization mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Feng Yang, Detao You
  • Patent number: 12141368
    Abstract: An electronic device of the present disclosure includes a body unit, and a keyboard unit disposed on the body unit. The keyboard unit includes a keyboard, a housing that has a frame shape and houses the keyboard, and a plurality of retainers connected to the housing to retain the keyboard. A plurality of retainers are formed of a material having a specific rigidity higher than that of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Hoshika, Tetsuya Adachi, Tatsuo Kuromoto, Riho Fukagawa, Keita Endo, Shintarou Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11940843
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit and a roller configured to wind or unwind the display unit, and comprising a flat portion, a first curved portion extending from the flat portion, and a second curved portion extending from the first curved portion toward the flat portion, in which a radius of curvature of the first curved portion is larger than a radius of curvature of the second curved portion, and a radius of curvature of the display unit wound around the second curved portion is larger than the radius of curvature of the second curved portion, thus the second curved portion is formed to support the display unit so that the display unit is not curved with a small radius of curvature between the first curved portion and the flat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sangwon Yoon