Tool-Less Peripheral Display Back Cover for Modular Disassembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Peripheral displays have complex designs that hinder modularity, repairability, and recyclability, leading to premature disposal and environmental waste, exacerbated by unsustainable materials and manufacturing processes.
Innovation Solution
A modular peripheral display assembly that uses sliding engagement of components without screws or cables, enabling automated robotic manufacture, reuse, and recycling, with power supply flexibility and automated EDID management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If traditional screw-based assembly methods are used, then structural stability is improved, but ease of repair and recyclability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The display assembly is divided into modular components (display panel, stand, back cover) that can be independently separated and replaced. This segmentation allows individual modules to be repaired or upgraded without disposing of the entire assembly, directly addressing the ease of repair and recyclability issues.
Solution Approach 2:
Traditional screw-based mechanical fastening is replaced with a tool-less snap-fit coupling system. The back cover features recesses that receive protrusions from the stand, creating a secure mechanical connection that is both stable and easily detachable, resolving the contradiction between structural stability and ease of disassembly.
2Adaptability or versatility
If complex display assembly designs are used, then functional capability is improved, but modularity and recyclability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The complex display assembly is segmented into standardized modular components with uniform coupling interfaces. This allows different functional modules (display panels of various sizes, different stand configurations) to be combined using the same basic coupling mechanism, maintaining functional versatility while simplifying the overall design structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling interface between components is designed to be universal, allowing the same back cover and stand assembly to work with multiple display panel configurations. This universal interface reduces design complexity while maintaining adaptability to different functional requirements.
3Productivity
If integrated display assemblies are used, then manufacturing efficiency is improved, but upgradeability and repairability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated display assembly is segmented into separately manufacturable modules that are coupled through standardized interfaces. Each module can be manufactured independently using automated processes, maintaining manufacturing efficiency while enabling easy upgrades and repairs by simply replacing individual modules rather than entire assemblies.
Data Source
AI summary
An information handling system peripheral display couples a midplane to a display panel back side with punched metal geometric structures that slide into midplane slots. A snap of the midplane couples to the back side when in a predetermined alignment. Electronic components of the display assembly, such as a timing controller board, a scalar board, and a power board couple to the display panel back side with a post and slot arrangement. A cover slides in engagement with the midplane to couple over the display back side and define a cavity in which the electronic components reside. A latch assembly on the cover having a release handle exposed to an end user press snaps to engage the cover when fully slid on the midplane and releases when the release handle is pressed to slide off the midplane.