ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,897, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (South Korea).

"Lifting structure and electronic device including the same" was invented by Minji Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Iksang Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electronic device including a first housing, a second housing, and a lifting structure that includes a fixing body, a gear assembly including at least one connecting gear and a driven gear operably connected to the at least one connecting gear, in which the at least one connecting gear is connected to the fixing body, a first moving body including a gui...