Adjustable Supporter for Display Circuit Board Assembly

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display device assembly methods lack the necessary support structures to securely attach connection circuit boards to display panels and main circuit boards, leading to potential damage and reduced durability during the assembly process.

Innovation Solution

A display device assembling apparatus comprising a first jig for the display panel, a second jig for the main circuit board, and a supporter with adjustable guides that securely position and attach connection circuit boards between the two jigs, ensuring proper alignment and support to prevent damage and enhance durability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If connection circuit boards are attached without adequate support structures, then the assembly process is simpler, but the connection circuit boards may drop or become damaged reducing durability

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovedurabilityVSAvoidassembly structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A supporter structure with multiple guides is introduced as an intermediary component between the first and second jigs to support the connection circuit boards during assembly. The guides provide intermediate support points that prevent the circuit boards from drooping or becoming damaged, thereby improving reliability without requiring fundamental changes to the overall assembly system

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The supporter structure is divided into multiple individual guides (first guides and second guides) that are spaced apart from each other. Each guide provides localized support to specific portions of the connection circuit boards, allowing the support function to be segmented into discrete elements rather than a single monolithic structure

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If rigid support structures are used to prevent connection circuit board damage, then durability is improved, but the connection circuit boards may experience compression or warpage

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovedurabilityVSAvoidflatness
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The guides are configured with specific local properties - they provide support at discrete locations rather than continuous support. The first guides support one surface of the connection circuit boards while second guides support the opposite surface, creating localized support zones that maintain flatness while preventing damage

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The support system operates in multiple dimensions by having guides arranged in spaced-apart configurations that support both upper and lower surfaces of the connection circuit boards. This multi-dimensional arrangement distributes support forces evenly, preventing warpage while maintaining durability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS11411063B2Display device fabricating method
Publication Date: 2022.08.09 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

A method of fabricating a display device includes: providing on a first jig a display panel to which is attached one side of a connection circuit board; providing a main circuit board on a second jig; supporting the connection circuit board with a supporter between the first jig and the second jig; and attaching another side of the connection circuit board to the main circuit board, wherein the supporter includes a base part and a plurality of guides on the base part, the guides being adjusted in length in an up-and-down direction.