Adjustable Component Rack for Flush Display Device Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing component racks for displays often result in messy and aesthetically unappealing wiring due to tangled cables and mismatched sizes of electronic devices with the display, leading to a disordered appearance.
Innovation Solution
A modular component rack with adjustable end caps, slidable yokes, and a camera mount that allows for customizable width and depth adjustments to accommodate various electronic devices, along with a wire routing slot to organize cables, providing a universal enclosure that matches the display's dimensions and maintains a neat appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-size component rack is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it cannot accommodate electronic devices of various sizes and depths
Solution Approach 1:
The end cap is designed with sliding panels that can move along the rails to adjust the depth of the component rack. The first panel slides relative to the second panel, allowing the rack depth to be dynamically changed to accommodate electronic devices of various sizes while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The end cap is divided into multiple independent panels (first panel and second panel) that can slide relative to each other. This segmentation allows each panel to be adjusted independently to achieve the desired rack depth, providing versatility without requiring complete redesign of the entire rack structure.
2Ease of operation
If wires are routed externally, then the component rack structure remains simple, but the wiring becomes tangled and messy
Solution Approach 1:
The wire routing slot is integrated into the rail structure, extracting the cable management function from the external environment and incorporating it directly into the rack system. This allows wires to be routed through the rails themselves, organizing cables neatly while adding minimal structural complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the end cap is fixed in position, then the manufacturing process is simpler, but the rack cannot be adjusted to match different display dimensions
Solution Approach 1:
The end cap panels are designed to slide along the rails rather than being fixed in position. This dynamic design allows the rack depth to be adjusted to match different display dimensions while using standard manufacturing processes for the sliding components, balancing adjustability with manufacturability.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure describes a component rack for, e.g., electronic devices. The component rack includes an upper rail; a lower rail, the upper rail and the lower rail extending relative to a first axis; at least one end cap coupled to an end of the upper rail and the lower rail; wherein the at least one end cap comprises a first panel slidably couplable to a second panel and movable along a second axis between a collapsed position and an extended position, the second axis extending transversely to the first axis.