Display Installation Hinge With Pivot Arms for Secure Wall Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of wall-mounted display devices is cumbersome due to the need to hold heavy, expensive, and fragile displays in place while making electrical connections, which is complicated by space constraints and the desire for minimal cabling.
Innovation Solution
A hinge arrangement with pivot arms and a physical guide that supports the display during installation, allowing for a multi-step motion pattern to facilitate easy connection and secure attachment to the wall-mounted housing, featuring snap-locks and a rotation stop for stability and safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the display is held in place manually during electrical connections, then the installation can be completed, but the process is cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a physical guide as an intermediary component between the display and the mounting surface. This guide temporarily supports the display during the electrical connection process, eliminating the need for manual holding. The guide acts as a mediator that facilitates the installation process by providing automatic support, thereby reducing both the operational difficulty and the time required for installation.
2Reliability
If the display is securely attached to the housing, then the installation is stable, but the display cannot be adjusted or removed if needed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic attachment mechanism where the physical guide can transition between different states. During installation, the guide provides support for secure attachment. After installation, the guide can be removed or adjusted, allowing the display to be detached or repositioned. This dynamic characteristic enables the system to provide both stable attachment during installation and flexibility for future adjustments or removals.
3Device complexity
If the pivot arms are designed for simple pivoting motion, then the mechanism is simple, but the display cannot be properly positioned during installation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the positioning function from the pivoting function. The pivot arms maintain their simple pivoting mechanism, while the physical guide is introduced as a separate component that provides the positioning capability. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specialized function - the pivot arms provide rotational motion while the guide provides positional support - without increasing the complexity of either component significantly.
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AI summary
An installation hinge (102) for installing a display (106) to a wall-mounted housing, wherein the installation hinge comprises: pivot arms (108) extending from a lower portion of the wall-mounted housing, and configured to enable pivoting between an open position in which the pivot arms may engage with the display, and a closed position in which the display arranged in the pivot arms has been moved to a closed position in relation to the wall-mounted housing, the pivot arms further having a distal free end configured to engage with the display, wherein a proximal end of the pivot arms is associated with a pivot axis, wherein the installation hinge further comprises a physical guide (110) configured to support the display when the display is in engagement with the pivot arms in the open position, so as to prevent it from moving down the pivot arms.