Portable Display Frame Structure for Rigidity and Heat Dissipation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display devices face challenges in storage and portability, durability, rigidity, and heat dissipation, particularly for portable applications.

Innovation Solution

A display device design featuring a modular structure with a display module, a bottom case, and a top case that includes a frame with intersecting beams for enhanced rigidity and a heat dissipation system using graphite sheets to manage heat distribution, along with a shock-absorbing bumper for impact protection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Volume of moving object

If a portable display device is designed with a compact structure, then storage and portability are facilitated, but durability and rigidity deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice compactnessVSAvoiddevice rigidity
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The frame is divided into multiple beam structures (first beam, second beam, third beam, fourth beam) arranged in a specific pattern. These segmented beams work together to provide enhanced rigidity and strength while maintaining a compact overall structure, resolving the contradiction between compactness and structural strength.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The frame utilizes a composite structure combining multiple beam elements with different orientations and configurations. This composite arrangement creates a rigid framework that maintains structural integrity in a compact form factor, addressing both the portability and durability requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Temperature

If heat dissipation structures are added to portable display devices, then heat dissipation performance is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheat dissipationVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The beam structure of the frame serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for device rigidity and simultaneously acts as a heat dissipation pathway. By integrating these two functions into a single structural element, the design improves heat dissipation without significantly increasing device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The heat dissipation function is merged with the structural frame rather than being implemented as a separate component. The beam structure itself conducts and distributes heat, combining mechanical support and thermal management into one integrated system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The design facilitates storage and portability, improves durability and rigidity, and effectively dissipates heat while providing shock absorption, enhancing the overall performance and reliability of portable display devices.

Implementation Method 1

a heat dissipation system using graphite sheets to manage heat distribution

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal conduction: Conduction (thermal)

Data Source

PatentUS20240302859A1Display device
Publication Date: 2024.09.12 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a display module including a display panel; a bottom case to which the display module is movably mounted; and a top case hinge-connected to the bottom case, wherein the bottom case includes: an outer shell that defines an accommodation space; and a frame that is disposed in the accommodation space and coupled to the outer shell, the frame including: a beam provided along a perimeter of the frame; and a cross beam intersecting the beam.