Display Panel Fixing Structure Without Screws
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional all-in-one computer designs require screws for assembly, which compromise structural strength and increase manufacturing costs due to the need for cutting reinforcing ribs and forming elastic sides in components, and require more assembly stations.
Innovation Solution
A fixing structure comprising a front bezel with bezel fitting portions and a rear bracket with restraining portions that fit and secure a display panel without using screws, ensuring positioning through fitting and restraining mechanisms, reducing component costs and manufacturing time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If screws are used to fasten the rear bracket to the display panel, then the assembly is secured, but the structural strength of the front bezel and rear bracket is lowered due to cutting reinforcing ribs and removing portions to form elastic sides
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the screw fastening mechanism entirely and extracts only the essential function of securing components through the fitting portions and restraining portions integrated into the bezel and bracket structures themselves
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the fastening function with the structural components by integrating fitting portions into the front bezel and rear bracket, eliminating the need for separate screws and fasteners
2Reliability
If screws are used for fastening, then the components are secured, but the number of assembly work stations and fixtures is increased, thereby increasing manufacturing cost
Solution Approach 1:
The fitting portions and restraining portions are designed to automatically secure components through their geometric interlocking, eliminating the need for additional assembly operations, work stations, or specialized fixtures
3Adaptability or versatility
If reinforcing ribs are cut off to accommodate screws, then screw fastening is enabled, but the structural strength of the front bezel is lowered
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening capability is merged into the continuous reinforcing ribs through integrated fitting portions, allowing the ribs to remain uncut and maintain their full structural strength while still enabling secure attachment
Data Source
AI summary
A fixing structure is suitable for fixing a display panel of an electronic device. The display panel has a panel fitting portion at a side edge of the display panel. The fixing structure includes a front bezel and a rear bracket. The front bezel has a bezel fitting portion to fit with the panel fitting portion. The rear bracket is assembled to the front bezel and has a restraining portion to restrain the motion of the bezel fitting portion relative to the panel fitting portion after the bezel fitting portion fits with the panel fitting portion and the rear bracket is fixed to the front bezel. Besides, an electronic device applied with the above fixing structure and a method for assembling the same are also provided here.