Display Height Adjustment via Spring-Loaded Sliding Rail

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional display devices lack the ability to be readily adjusted to a healthy viewing position, making it troublesome and time-consuming for users to achieve an optimal height for the display panel.

Innovation Solution

A display device equipped with a height-adjustment assembly comprising a rail unit, a sliding unit, and a spring member, where the sliding unit slides along the rail and the spring member applies an elastic force to facilitate adjustable positioning of the display panel.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the display device uses a fixed column structure, then the structural stability is maintained, but the adjustability of display panel height is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadjustability of display panel heightVSAvoidstructural complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The column structure is divided into multiple segments that can slide relative to each other along the rail. The sliding unit includes a sliding member that can move along the rail direction, dividing the originally fixed column into movable segments. This segmentation enables height adjustment while maintaining structural integrity through the rail-guided movement mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The fixed column structure is transformed into a dynamic system where the sliding unit can move along the rail. The spring member provides dynamic force to assist movement, and the friction between the sliding member and rail provides dynamic control. This dynamic design allows the display panel height to be adjusted easily while maintaining stability when positioned.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If no height adjustment mechanism is provided, then the device complexity is low, but the ease of operation for achieving optimal viewing position is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of adjusting display panel to optimal heightVSAvoidcomplexity of height-adjustment assembly
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The spring member acts as a counterweight mechanism that offsets the weight of the sliding unit and display panel. The spring provides upward elastic force that assists in lifting the display panel to the desired height, reducing the effort required by the user. This counterweight principle makes the height adjustment operation easy while the spring force maintains stability at the adjusted position.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #8Anti-weight (Counterweight)

Solution Approach 2:

The friction between the sliding member and rail, combined with the spring force, creates a self-service mechanism. When the user releases the display panel after adjustment, the friction and spring force automatically maintain the panel at the adjusted position without requiring additional locking mechanisms or continuous user input. The system serves itself by using the interaction between friction and elastic force to hold the position.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

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

Enables convenient and reliable adjustment of the display panel's height, allowing users to achieve an optimal viewing position, with the combination of gravity, elastic force, and friction controlling the panel's stability at desired positions.

Implementation Method 1

The spring member is fixed to the rail unit, and is configured to apply an elastic force on when the sliding unit slides along the rail

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElastic force: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

the combination of gravity, elastic force, and friction controlling the panel's stability at desired positions

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectGravity: Gravitation

Implementation Method 3

the combination of gravity, elastic force, and friction controlling the panel's stability at desired positions

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Data Source

PatentUS8201784B2Display device with height-adjustment assembly having spring member
Publication Date: 2012.06.19 INNOCOM TECH (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

An exemplary display device includes a display panel and a height-adjustment assembly. The height-adjustment assembly includes a rail unit defining a rail, a sliding unit, and a spring member. The sliding unit is configured to slide along the rail. The display panel is fixed to the sliding unit. The spring member is fixed to the rail unit, and is configured to provide an elastic force applied to the sliding unit to the sliding unit when the sliding unit slides along the rail.