Magnetic levitation sliding structure
AssigneeSamsung Techwin Co., Ltd.
InventorSe-hoon Cho
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Abstract
A low friction and stable sliding structure for an electronic device is provided. The sliding structure includes a first sliding member comprising at least one guide portion, a second sliding member including a receiving portion receiving the guide portion so as to slide along the first sliding member, a first magnet portion disposed in the guide portion, such that magnetic poles of the first magnet portion are arranged across a sliding direction, and a second magnet portion disposed in the receiving portion so that a repulsive force can act between the first magnet portion and the second magnet portion.
Claims19
A sliding structure for an electronic device, the sliding structure comprising:
- a first sliding member comprising at least one guide portion;
- a second sliding member comprising a receiving portion receiving the guide portion so as to slide along the first sliding member;
- a first magnet portion disposed in the guide portion, wherein north and south magnetic poles of a single flat magnet of the first magnet portion are arranged across a sliding direction;
- and
- a second magnet portion disposed proximate to the receiving portion so that a repulsive force can act between the first magnet portion and the second magnet portion;
- wherein:
- the receiving portion has a substantially three-sided cross-sectional shape and two sides comprise magnets of the second magnet portion that face each other and a non-magnetic third side completing the three-sided shape;
- and magnetic poles of each of the magnets of the second magnet portion are arranged across a sliding direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.