Display Mounting via Internal Opening for Thin Profile
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing thinness of modern displays poses challenges for mounting technologies, as existing solutions either fail to adequately support the displays or make them thicker and more cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a panel support accessory with a projection that securely attaches to the display through an opening, providing sturdy and reliable mounting options, including vertical or inclined orientations, while maintaining the display's thin profile by using a panel support accessory with projections that extend into the display's opening, facilitating mechanical support and communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If existing mounting technologies are used to support displays, then the displays can be mounted, but the displays become thicker and more cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system utilizes the display's own internal cavity space to house mounting components. The panel support accessory with projection fits into an opening in the display, nesting the mounting mechanism within the display's existing structure rather than adding external bulk, thereby providing secure mounting while maintaining thin profile.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from traditional external mounting approaches to an internal cavity-based mounting system. By utilizing the z-dimension (thickness direction) internally through openings and cavities, the system achieves secure mounting support without increasing the external dimensions of the display.
2Volume of moving object
If displays are made thinner to reduce volume and improve portability, then portability improves, but mounting support becomes inadequate
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is segmented into distinct functional components: the panel support accessory, the projection element, and the opening structure. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while collectively providing adequate mounting support for thin displays without requiring increased thickness.
Solution Approach 2:
The projection element acts as an intermediary between the panel support accessory and the display opening. This intermediary component transfers and distributes mechanical loads effectively, enabling adequate mounting support for thin displays by mediating the connection between the support structure and the display panel.
Data Source
AI summary
A tablet mounting system may include a display having a perimeter edge surrounding a front face and a rear face, the front face having a transverse width and having a display region. An elongate opening may extend into the front face and spaced from the perimeter edge of the display to receive and facilitate mounting of a display support accessory. The elongate noncircular opening transversely extends along the front face from a first side of a transverse midpoint to a second opposite side of the transverse midpoint of the front face.