Interlocking Display Panel Clamp Mechanism for Alignment
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display systems face challenges in achieving simultaneous strength, rigidity, and accuracy for light-emitting displays, particularly in outdoor applications where wind loading and precise pixel alignment are critical, often requiring a trade-off between structural strength and positional accuracy.
Innovation Solution
A modular light-emitting display system with interlocking tiles featuring a clamp mechanism that allows for easy installation and reconfiguration, using clips and receptacles with a retractable dowel and biasing mechanism for precise alignment and adjustable angle adjustment, enabling high accuracy and strength while allowing individual tiles to be easily replaced.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a tile-based display structure is used where tiles can be lifted by hand and positioned, then ease of installation is improved, but positioning accuracy deteriorates due to time-consuming and complex processes involving skilled personnel
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a positioning mechanism with定位 pins and定位 holes as intermediaries between the tile and the support structure. These positioning elements automatically guide the tile into the correct position during installation, eliminating the need for complex manual positioning processes while maintaining high positioning accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The tile incorporates self-positioning features such as定位 pins and guide edges that automatically align the tile with the support structure during installation. This self-service mechanism allows installers to simply place the tile without requiring skilled personnel or complex positioning procedures, thereby improving both ease of installation and positioning accuracy.
2Strength
If the display support system is made strong enough to support large area tiles and withstand side loads from wind and weather, then structural strength is improved, but positioning accuracy deteriorates due to cumulative errors in tile and pixel alignment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display system into modular tiles with individual positioning mechanisms. Each tile has its own定位 pins and alignment features that independently establish precise positions, preventing cumulative errors from propagating across the entire display. This segmentation allows the structure to be both strong and accurately positioned.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex mechanical positioning systems with a simplified定位 pin and hole mechanism that provides precise alignment through geometric constraints rather than complex mechanical adjustments. This substitution maintains positioning accuracy while reducing the complexity and error potential of the overall system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the display is designed to be easily removable between scenes of a play or theatrical event, then adaptability is improved, but structural stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic locking mechanism that can transition between locked and unlocked states. The clamp mechanism features a release lever that allows quick disengagement when needed for reconfiguration, while maintaining strong locked engagement during operation. This dynamic design enables the display to be both easily removable and structurally stable.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes in the locking mechanism, specifically the transition between engaged and disengaged states of the clamp and release lever. By changing the engagement parameter from locked to unlocked, the display can quickly transition between stable operational state and reconfigurable state, maintaining both structural stability and adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
A light-emitting display system has interlocking tiles. In an implementation, each tile has a portion of a clamp that joins with another portion of the clamp on another tile. A tile is removed from the display by unlocking the clamp portions. The tile is removed without affecting the position of the other tiles in the display.