Desktop Display Magnetic Mount With Safety Latch Detachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional desktop display devices are typically immobile and difficult to detach from their stands due to secure mechanical fasteners, limiting their mobility for applications requiring portability.
Innovation Solution
A magnetic attachment mechanism with a safety latch that magnetically couples to the display unit and includes a latch mechanism to lock and unlock the attachment, allowing for easy detachment and reattachment, utilizing permanent magnets and an actuating mechanism for secure engagement and disengagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If mechanical fasteners are used to secure the display unit to the stand, then the attachment strength and stability are improved, but the ease of detachment and mobility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical fasteners (screws, clips, or latches) with a magnetic attachment system. The magnetic element in the stand interacts with a ferromagnetic material in the display unit housing, providing secure attachment through magnetic force while allowing easy detachment by simply pulling the display unit away, thus resolving the contradiction between strong attachment and ease of detachment
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the attachment mechanism from mechanical interlocking to magnetic field interaction. By utilizing magnetic field strength as the attachment parameter instead of mechanical engagement, the system achieves both strong holding force and simple release by overcoming the magnetic force, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining attachment strength
2Ease of operation
If the display unit is designed to be mobile and easily detachable, then the ease of operation and mobility are improved, but the attachment strength and stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic attachment system replaces complex mechanical release mechanisms with simple magnetic attraction. The display unit can be easily moved by pulling it away from the stand, while the magnetic force provides sufficient attachment strength to hold the display securely in position during normal use
3Ease of operation
If a magnetic attachment mechanism is used instead of mechanical fasteners, then the ease of attachment and detachment are improved, but the reliability of secure attachment may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes magnetic field strength as the attachment parameter, which can be engineered to provide reliable holding force. By selecting appropriate magnet strength and configuration, the system achieves both easy attachment (simply bringing the display near the stand) and reliable secure attachment (sufficient magnetic force to hold the display firmly in position)
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 the display unit to be easily detached from the stand, enhancing mobility and allowing for the display to be taken to various locations without compromising the secure attachment, transforming a traditionally immobile device into a mobile solution.
Implementation Method 1
A magnetic element is attached to the magnetic attachment mechanism. When the magnetic attachment mechanism is inserted in the recess, the magnetic element is magnetically coupled with, via an attractive force, a corresponding magnetic element in the display unit positioned proximate the recess
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AI summary
This application relates to a magnetic attachment mechanism attached to a stand for a display unit. The display unit includes a housing enclosing a display panel. The housing has a recess formed on a rear surface of the housing to accept the magnetic attachment mechanism. The magnetic attachment mechanism includes a magnetic element that is magnetically coupled to a corresponding magnetic element in the housing of the desktop display device when the magnetic attachment mechanism is inserted into the recess. The magnetic attachment mechanism also includes a latch mechanism that locks the display unit to the stand when the latch mechanism is engaged with a surface feature of the recess. The latch mechanism can be disengaged to allow for mobility of the display unit as separated from the stand.