Display Mounting Structure With Rail-Guided Rotation Adjustment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display apparatuses lack a flexible mounting structure that allows for stable support and easy adjustment of display assembly height and orientation to accommodate users of different heights and varying usage environments.

Innovation Solution

A display apparatus with a mounting device featuring a stand, a rail, and a rotation guide that allows linear movement and rotational adjustment of the display assembly, enabling it to switch between landscape and portrait modes while varying the height based on the rotation angle, with the rotation guide eccentrically positioned from the display assembly's center.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a fixed mounting structure is used for the display assembly, then the structure is simple and stable, but the display assembly cannot be adjusted to different positions or orientations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadjustability of display assembly position and orientationVSAvoidcomplexity of mounting structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting structure transitions from a fixed state to a dynamic adjustable state. The display assembly can be positioned at multiple locations along the rail and rotated at different angles, with each position and orientation locked securely in place. This dynamic capability allows the same structure to serve multiple mounting configurations without requiring complex active control mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The mounting structure is divided into distinct functional components: a rail system for linear positioning, a rotation guide for angular adjustment, and a supporting boss for connection. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, simplifying the overall design while achieving versatile adjustability through the combination of these modular elements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Stability of the object's composition

If the rotation guide is positioned at the center of the display assembly, then the rotation is balanced, but the mounting device size increases and stability decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestability of display assembly mountingVSAvoidsize of mounting device
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The rotation guide is deliberately positioned off-center relative to the display assembly, creating an asymmetric mounting configuration. This asymmetric placement allows the rotation axis to be optimized for both compact mounting device dimensions and stable operation, rather than being constrained to a centered position that would increase the overall footprint.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #4Asymmetry

Data Source

PatentUS11174984B2Display apparatus
Publication Date: 2021.11.16 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A display apparatus includes a display assembly, and a mounting device on which the display assembly is supported. The mounting device may include a stand having a supporting boss, a rail disposed on a rear surface of the display assembly, and configured to move the display assembly in a straight line direction with respect to the supporting boss, and a rotation guide disposed at an end of the rail such that the display assembly rotates with respect to the supporting boss, wherein the display assembly is rotatable when the supporting boss is positioned on the rotation guide.