Articulated Display Connector With Cable Reel for Multi-Axis Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display devices lack the ability to freely adjust the angle or location of the display panel, limiting user flexibility and convenience.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a stand that includes a display panel, a frame, a back cover with a hole, and an articulated connector. The articulated connector features a cable reel for winding cables, an inner cover covering the cable reel, and an outer cover that covers the cable path around the reel, enhancing work convenience by preventing cable dislocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed display panel structure is used, then the device structure is simple, but the angle and location cannot be freely adjusted
Solution Approach 1:
The display panel structure is transformed from fixed to dynamic through the articulated connector mechanism. The connector enables the display panel to perform pivot motion (rotating left/right), tilt motion (adjusting up/down angle), and swivel motion (rotating 360 degrees horizontally), allowing the panel to adapt to different viewing angles and positions while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The articulated connector is divided into multiple functional components including a pivot module, tilt module, and swivel module. Each module handles a specific degree of freedom, allowing independent adjustment of pivot, tilt, and swivel motions. This segmentation enables complex adjustability while keeping each individual module simple and manageable.
2Adaptability or versatility
If an articulated connector with multiple motions is implemented, then the display panel can be freely adjusted, but the cable management becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The cable reel is integrated into the pivot module of the articulated connector. As the display panel performs pivot motion, the cable is automatically wound or unwound on the reel, which is rotationally coupled to the pivot mechanism. This merging of cable management with the motion mechanism eliminates the need for separate cable routing systems, simplifying overall cable management while enabling full articulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable reel acts as an intermediary mechanism between the pivot motion and the cable connection. It mediates the relationship between panel movement and cable tension by converting rotational motion into cable winding, preventing cable tangling and dislocation while allowing free articulation of the display panel.
3Device complexity
If the cable reel is exposed, then the structure is simple, but cable dislocation occurs reducing work convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The inner cover is nested within the outer cover, with the inner cover directly protecting the cable reel and the outer cover providing additional protection and aesthetic finish. This nested configuration protects the cable path from dislocation while maintaining a compact and simple overall structure, improving work convenience without significant complexity increase.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a display device. The display device of the present disclosure may include: a display panel; a frame positioned behind the display panel; a back cover covering a rear of the frame and having a hole; and an articulated connector coupled to the frame through the hole of the back cover, wherein the articulated connector may include: a cable reel on which a cable is wound, the cable reel spaced from a boundary of the hole to an inside of the hole; an inner cover covering a rear of the cable reel and fixed to the cable reel; and an outer cover positioned between a perimeter of the inner cover and the boundary of the hole of the back cover and coupled to the inner cover.