Display Device Pivotable Strut Bar Structural Rigidity

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display devices, particularly those with OLED panels, face issues with structural rigidity and bending, which affect their manufacturing convenience and performance.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a display device design that includes multiple supporters and pivotable strut bars to secure the display panel, providing structural rigidity and preventing bending, while enhancing manufacturing convenience through a specific configuration of bars and fastening mechanisms.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If multiple supporters and pivotable strut bars are added to secure the display panel, then structural rigidity is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural rigidityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The support structure is divided into multiple discrete components including first and second supporters, third and fourth supporters, and multiple pivotable strut bars. Each component independently contributes to the overall structural rigidity, allowing the display panel to be secured through distributed support rather than a single complex rigid structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The strut bars are designed to be pivotable rather than fixed, allowing them to dynamically adjust to manufacturing tolerances and panel variations. This dynamic capability provides structural rigidity while accommodating variability, reducing the need for overly complex precision-matched components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Stability of the object's composition

If a robust support structure with multiple components is implemented, then bending prevention is improved, but manufacturing convenience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebending preventionVSAvoidmanufacturing convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The support structure uses multiple independent supporters and strut bars that can be manufactured separately and assembled together. This segmentation allows each component to be produced using standard manufacturing processes, and the modular design simplifies assembly while effectively preventing panel bending through distributed support points.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The pivotable connection mechanism allows for parameter adjustment in terms of angular positioning and tension, enabling the structure to accommodate manufacturing variations without requiring high-precision fixed connections. This flexibility maintains bending prevention while improving ease of manufacture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10306787B2Display device
Publication Date: 2019.05.28 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

A display device including a first supporter; a second supporter located opposite the first supporter; a display panel extending between the first supporter and the second supporter and extending to side parts of the first supporter and the second supporter; a third supporter; a fourth supporter located opposite to the third supporter; and a first pivotable strut bar pivotally connected to the first supporter and the second supporter.