Display Protector Mounting Device Precision Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mounting devices for display protectors lack precision and cost-effectiveness in aligning and attaching them to displays, particularly with devices having cut-outs for sensors, cameras, and speakers, leading to potential misalignment and increased manufacturing costs.
Innovation Solution
A mounting device with a contact element featuring aligned legs and positioning members that allow for precise alignment and attachment of the display protector to the display, providing six degrees of freedom for movement and using coupling mechanisms like press studs or magnetic engagement to secure the protector in place, while being designed for easy and cost-effective manufacturing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional mounting devices are used for attaching display protectors, then the joining process can be completed, but positioning accuracy deteriorates leading to misalignment of cut-outs for sensors, cameras, and speakers
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting device is divided into separate functional components: alignment portions for positioning the apparatus, positioning portions for the display protector, and coupling portions for securing components. This segmentation allows each part to be optimized for its specific function, improving overall positioning accuracy while maintaining alignment reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting device acts as an intermediary tool between the apparatus and display protector, providing a stable reference framework with alignment and positioning portions that ensure precise relative positioning. This mediator approach eliminates direct alignment challenges by introducing a controlled intermediate structure.
2Manufacturing precision
If complex alignment mechanisms are implemented to improve positioning precision, then manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting device uses simple segmented components (legs with alignment portions, positioning members with coupling portions) that can be manufactured independently using standard processes. This segmentation reduces manufacturing complexity and cost while maintaining positioning accuracy through the geometric arrangement of simple features rather than complex mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention achieves positioning accuracy through changes in geometric parameters (dimensions, angles, positions of alignment and positioning portions) rather than through complex mechanical mechanisms. This parameter-based approach allows precise control of positioning while keeping the structure simple and cost-effective to manufacture.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple separate components are used for alignment and positioning, then positioning accuracy improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting device merges multiple functions (alignment, positioning, coupling, and securing) into a single integrated structure. The legs combine alignment portions with coupling portions, and positioning members integrate positioning portions with coupling portions, reducing the number of separate components while maintaining positioning accuracy through the combined functional elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting device is designed as a multi-functional tool that simultaneously provides alignment reference surfaces, positioning reference surfaces, and coupling mechanisms. This universal design achieves high positioning accuracy without increasing structural complexity by making each component serve multiple purposes.
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting device for joining a display protector (1) to a display (2) of an apparatus includes a contact element (3) on which the display protector (1) is positionable and which has a first leg (3a) with a first alignment portion (311a) on which the display protector (1) can be aligned in a first direction, and a second leg (3b) with a second alignment portion (311b) on which the display protector (1) can be aligned in a second direction. In addition, the mounting device includes a leg connecting portion (39) that connects the two legs (3a, 3b) at a fixed angle. Furthermore, the mounting device includes at least a first and at least a second positioning member (4) having a coupling portion (44) which can be coupled to the legs (3a, 3b), and a positioning portion (40) which is aligned with respect to the first alignment portion (311a) and with respect to the second alignment portion (311b) when the first positioning member (4) is coupled to the first leg (3a) and the second positioning member (4) is coupled to the second leg (3b), wherein the apparatus can be brought into contact with at least one positioning portion (40) for alignment in order to align the apparatus and the display protector (1) with respect to each other.