Display Screen Mounting Head with Self-Latching and Manual Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current display screen mounting devices lack efficient and safe mechanisms for secure attachment and detachment, particularly for larger screens, and do not offer flexible configuration options for multiple screens or adjustable support forces.
Innovation Solution
A mounting head with a self-latching mechanism using a projection and channel design with a latch mechanism, and a telescopic support rail with an adjusting mechanism, allowing for automatic locking and manual unlocking, as well as an articulated support arm with a coil spring for adjustable support force, enabling secure attachment and flexible configuration of display screens.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a mounting mechanism is designed to securely attach display screens, then attachment reliability is improved, but the ability to easily detach and reposition screens deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting mechanism employs a dynamic latch system that transitions between locked and unlocked states. The lever and latch components can move between positions to either secure the projection firmly (locked state) or allow easy removal (unlocked state), resolving the contradiction between secure attachment and easy detachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The spring-loaded latch mechanism automatically engages and locks when the projection is inserted, providing self-securing functionality. Conversely, when force is applied to the release lever, the mechanism automatically disengages, enabling easy detachment without requiring additional tools or complex operations.
2Device complexity
If a fixed-length support rail is used, then structural simplicity is improved, but configuration flexibility for multiple screens deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support rail is divided into multiple telescopic sections that can slide relative to each other along the longitudinal axis. This segmentation allows the rail length to be adjusted while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure, enabling flexible configuration for single or multiple display screens.
Solution Approach 2:
The telescopic sections of the support rail are designed to be dynamically adjustable in length. The sections can extend or retract relative to one another, allowing the support structure to adapt its configuration for different numbers and arrangements of display screens while preserving structural simplicity through a modular design.
3Device complexity
If a single mounting head is used, then device simplicity is improved, but support force adjustability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
A coil spring is integrated into the mounting head to provide an adjustable counterbalancing support force against the weight of the display screen. The spring force can be adjusted to match different screen weights, allowing the mounting system to adapt to various loads while maintaining a simple single-head structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting head incorporates an adjustable parameter mechanism that modifies the spring tension or compression. By changing the spring force parameter, the support force can be optimized for different display screen weights and configurations, providing adaptability without requiring multiple mounting heads or complex structures.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a secure, easy-to-use mounting system that allows safe removal of display screens with both hands, offers flexible configuration options for multiple screens, and adjustable support forces without requiring tools, enhancing usability and visual appeal.
Implementation Method 1
an adjusting mechanism to adjust the tension or compression of the spring to adjust the support force provided
Implementation Method 2
The latch mechanism is spring-loaded and automatically adopts a locked position which locks the male and female parts together
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods involving the mounting of display screens. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, a mounting head is configured for mounting a display screen and provides an automatic, self-latching/locking function and a manual unlocking function, which allows male and female sections to be unlocked/released and then separated without continued application of a release force to the mounting head. A device is configured for mounting two display screens to a single support, with spacing between the displays being adjustable with a single control that simultaneously separates or brings together the two screen mountings (horizontally side-by-side or vertically). An articulated support arm provides an adjustment mechanism which does not require tools to operate, and which is conveniently integrated into the body of the support arm with the components generally lying on the axis of the arm.