Display Housing Supporting Base Attachment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional display devices require new designs and molds for the supporting base when the control housing shape changes, leading to increased costs and complexity in manufacturing and assembly.

Innovation Solution

Attaching the supporting base to the display housing instead of the control housing, allowing the same supporting base to be used even if the control housing shape changes, and incorporating projecting parts on the display housing for stable support.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the supporting base is attached to the control housing, then the supporting base can support the display and control housings, but the supporting base needs to be newly designed when the control housing shape changes, increasing manufacturing cost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesupport functionVSAvoidmanufacturing cost
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The supporting base is redesigned to attach to the display housing instead of the control housing. The display housing serves as a universal mounting platform that remains consistent across different model variations, allowing the same supporting base design to be used regardless of control housing shape changes. This multi-functional attachment approach eliminates the need for new supporting base designs when control housing geometry changes.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The mounting function is segmented from the control housing to the display housing. By separating the supporting base attachment function from the control housing assembly, the patent creates an independent mounting interface on the display housing that is not affected by control housing design variations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If the supporting base is attached to the control housing, then the supporting base can support the display and control housings, but new molds need to be fabricated when the control housing shape changes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesupport functionVSAvoidmold fabrication
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display housing serves as a universal mounting platform for the supporting base across different model variations. By establishing the supporting base attachment on the display housing rather than the control housing, the same mold and supporting base design can be universally applied regardless of control housing shape changes, eliminating the need for new mold fabrication.

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

3Reliability

If the supporting base is attached to the control housing, then the supporting base can support the display and control housings, but workers need to remember the new attaching manner, becoming troublesome to the workers

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesupport functionVSAvoidassembly operation
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The supporting base attachment interface is pre-established on the display housing in a consistent location and orientation. This preliminary positioning of the mounting interface allows workers to perform the same assembly operation repeatedly without needing to adapt to new attaching manners, reducing training requirements and assembly errors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9826127B2Display device and method of manufacturing display devices
Publication Date: 2017.11.21 FURUNO ELECTRIC CO LTD
  • US9826127B2 patent drawing
  • US9826127B2 patent drawing
  • US9826127B2 patent drawing

AI summary

A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, a display housing having a first attaching face and a second attaching face located on the opposite side from the first attaching face, and configured to cover a part of the display panel attached to the first attaching face, a main control substrate configured to cause the display panel to display the image, a control housing attached to the second attaching face of the display housing to cover at least the main control substrate together with the display housing, and a supporting base attached to the display housing to support the display housing, and the display panel and the control housing attached to the display housing.