Display Mount Camming Mechanism for Versatile Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display screen mounts lack versatility in accommodating various display sizes and weights, often requiring multiple moving parts and specific adaptations, limiting adjustability and compatibility.
Innovation Solution
A mount design featuring camming surfaces and engaging members within slots that allow smooth tilting and immobilization of displays across a range of angles, using a minimal number of parts and accommodating different display sizes and weights without the need for locks or levers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a fixed mount is used to simplify the structure, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to different display positions is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The mount transitions from a fixed structure to a dynamic system with a camming mechanism that allows continuous position adjustment. The camming surface and engaging member enable smooth movement between different tilt angles while maintaining stability at each position, resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and position adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The mount changes the geometric parameters of the camming surface to achieve different tilt angles. By varying the camming surface profile, the system can accommodate a range of display positions without requiring multiple discrete components, thus maintaining simplicity while gaining versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple moving parts are added to enable display position adjustment, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges multiple functions into a single camming mechanism. The camming surface simultaneously provides position adjustment, stability through reaction forces, and continuous motion control, eliminating the need for separate springs, locks, and levers that would otherwise be required.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts and eliminates unnecessary moving parts such as springs, locks, and levers from traditional adjustable mounts. By using a camming mechanism that inherently provides both adjustment and stabilization, the system achieves position adaptability with minimal components.
3Reliability
If a mount specifically adapted for a certain display is used, then the reliability for that display is improved, but the adaptability to different display sizes and weights is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The camming mechanism is designed with universal applicability, where the camming surface geometry can accommodate various display sizes and weights. The reaction forces generated by the camming action automatically adapt to different load conditions, providing reliable stabilization across a range of displays without requiring display-specific customization.
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 easy adjustment and secure positioning of displays at multiple angles, supporting a wide range of sizes and weights with a single mounting device, reducing complexity and cost while maintaining robustness.
Implementation Method 1
the first and second surfaces and the first and second engaging members are sized and shaped so the first and second engaging members and the mounting panel engage to create cooperate reaction forces to counteract the weight of at least the device panel and continuously immobilize the device panel at a plurality of angles relative to the mounting panel
Implementation Method 2
The first and/or second surface can be a camming surface. Generally, a camming surface may be defined as a surface adapted to provide appropriate reactionary forces to desirably balance a system
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting system includes a first surface and a second surface. A device panel can include at least first and second engaging members. The first and second surfaces are sized and shaped to engage the first and second engaging members respectively, and the first and second engaging members move along the first and second surfaces. The first and second surfaces are sized and shaped so the reaction forces between the first and second engaging members and the mounting panel cooperate to counteract the moment created by the center of gravity of the device panel to continuously immobilize the device panel at the plurality of angles relative to the support surface.