Display Mount Camming Surfaces for Lock-Free Tilt Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display mount technologies often require multiple moving parts and are not adaptable to various display sizes and weights, limiting their adjustability and versatility.
Innovation Solution
A slotted display mount system with camming surfaces and engaging members that allow smooth tilting and immobilization of displays without locks or levers, accommodating a range of display sizes and weights by generating cooperative reaction forces to counteract the changing center of gravity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a fixed mount is used to simplify the structure, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability for adjusting display position is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs curved camming surfaces instead of flat surfaces. The camming surface has a specific curvature profile that translates rotational motion into tilting motion, enabling smooth position adjustment without complex mechanical linkages. This curved surface design provides continuous adjustability while maintaining a simple two-surface structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the geometric parameters of the camming surface to achieve different tilt angles. By varying the curvature and profile of the camming surface, the system can accommodate different display sizes and weights while providing a continuous range of adjustment angles without requiring multiple discrete components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple moving parts with springs and locking systems are added to enable display position adjustment, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates unnecessary moving parts such as springs, locks, and levers from traditional mounting systems. By removing these complex components and retaining only the essential camming surfaces, the system achieves position adjustment functionality with minimal parts, reducing complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The camming surface design enables self-adjusting functionality where the display's own weight and the camming geometry work together to maintain position. The system automatically balances the display at any angle within the range without requiring active locking mechanisms or springs, achieving self-service positioning.
3Reliability
If a mount is specifically adapted for a specific display size and weight, then reliability for that display is improved, but adaptability for various display sizes and weights deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the camming surface with universal geometric characteristics that can accommodate multiple display sizes and weights. The camming profile is engineered to provide appropriate mechanical advantage and stability across a range of loads, allowing a single mount design to reliably support various displays without requiring display-specific adaptations.
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 with minimal moving parts, supporting a wide range of display sizes and weights, and maintaining stability across various orientations.
Implementation Method 1
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.
Implementation Method 2
the first and second surfaces and the first and second engaging members may be independently carried by the display or the mount... create cooperate reaction forces to counteract the weight of at least the device panel
Implementation Method 3
The first engaging member can be sized and shaped to smoothly move along the first surface, and the second engaging member can be sized and shaped to smoothly move along the second surface
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.