Adjustable Display Component Rack for Cable Routing and Fit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing component racks for displays often result in a messy and aesthetically unappealing 'bird's nest' of wiring due to tangled power and communication cables, and they fail to accommodate electronic devices of varying sizes, leading to a disordered appearance.
Innovation Solution
A modular component rack with adjustable end caps, slidable yokes, and a camera mount that allows for customizable width and depth adjustments, along with a wire routing slot to organize cables, providing a universal enclosure that matches the display's dimensions and maintains a neat appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-size component rack is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it cannot accommodate electronic devices of various depths and widths, leading to a disordered appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The end caps are made movable relative to the rails, allowing them to slide along the rails to adjust the depth and width of the rack. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the rack to adapt to electronic devices of various sizes while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure based on fixed rails and end caps.
2Ease of operation
If wires are allowed to connect devices freely, then connectivity is easy to establish, but the wires become tangled and messy creating a bird's nest appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The wire management function is extracted as a separate feature through dedicated wire routing slots in the rails and end caps. These slots provide designated pathways for wires to pass through, separating the wire routing function from the main rack structure and enabling organized wire management without complicating the overall design.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the rack width is fixed to match a specific display, then the appearance is neat and aligned, but it cannot be used with displays of different widths
Solution Approach 1:
The end caps can slide along the rails to adjust the width of the rack, allowing precise alignment with displays of different widths. This dynamic adjustment maintains manufacturing precision for alignment while providing versatility for different display sizes.
4Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable end caps with sliding mechanisms are added, then the rack can accommodate various device sizes, but the manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The rack is segmented into modular components: fixed rails and adjustable end caps. This segmentation allows the complex adjustment function to be isolated to specific components (end caps with sliding mechanisms) while the majority of the structure (rails) remains simple and easy to manufacture. The modular design also facilitates assembly and disassembly.
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AI summary
The present disclosure describes a component rack for, e.g., electronic devices. The component rack includes an upper rail; a lower rail, the upper rail and the lower rail extending relative to a first axis; at least one end cap coupled to an end of the upper rail and the lower rail; wherein the at least one end cap comprises a first panel slidably couplable to a second panel and movable along a second axis between a collapsed position and an extended position, the second axis extending transversely to the first axis.