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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Wan-Ku Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Jung-Geun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jongho Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Moohyung Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Yeonwoo Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A filter assembly includes a filter holder into which a part of the filter is insertable, and a lock mounted to the filter holder and configured to lock and release the filter to and from the filter holder. The lock includes a guide coupled to the filter holder and configured to be linearly movable to transmit a force in a direction into which the filter is inserted, a pusher configured to transmit a force in a direction opposite to the direction, into which the filter is inserted, by an elastic member, a stopper rotatably received in the pusher to be arranged between the pusher and the guide, and configured to linearly move the filter holder by being linearly moved by the guide and the pusher, and a cam configured to lock and release the filter to and from the filter holder by guiding rotation and linear movement of the stopper.