Display Stand Cable Passage for Clean Multi-User Connections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computing systems with larger displays, such as 17-inch laptops, are heavier and less portable than their 14-inch counterparts, making them difficult to carry and use in various environments, while also facing challenges with cable management and hygiene, particularly in multi-user settings like hotel desks.
Innovation Solution
A display system with a dedicated anti-viral cable and ergonomic design, including a platform for positioning the laptop that minimizes contact and wear, along with a video cable passage and connector system that simplifies setup and teardown, ensuring quick and clean connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of moving object
If a larger display (17-inch) is used, then display size and viewing area are improved, but weight and portability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is divided into separate components: a lightweight display unit with integrated cable management, and a separate computing device. This segmentation allows the display to be optimized for size without requiring the entire system to be heavy, as components can be distributed and configured based on specific needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces vertical cable management through the display stand structure, moving cable routing from horizontal desk surface clutter to vertical passage through the stand. This dimensional change allows larger displays to be mounted without proportionally increasing desk footprint or cable management complexity.
2Reliability
If traditional cable management is used, then connection functionality is maintained, but hygiene and ease of operation deteriorate due to contact and wear
Solution Approach 1:
The cable connection point is extracted from the desktop surface and integrated into the display stand structure. The video cable passage is built into the stand, removing cables from the shared desktop environment and reducing contact points between users and cables.
Solution Approach 2:
The display stand acts as an intermediary structure that houses the cable passage and connector. This mediator protects the connection point from direct user contact and environmental contamination, while still enabling reliable connections between the display and computing devices.
3Adaptability or versatility
If cables are routed across the desktop, then connection functionality is achieved, but device complexity and clutter increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cable management function is merged with the display stand structure. The video cable passage is integrated into the stand's vertical support elements, combining structural support and cable routing functions into a single unified structure, thereby reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The display stand is designed with universal cable management capabilities that can accommodate multiple cable types and configurations. The vertical passage system can route cables for different device sizes and connection points, providing versatile cable management without requiring separate management systems for each device.
Data Source
AI summary
A system can include a display that includes a mount; a display stand that includes a base that includes opposing sides and a platform that spans the opposing sides, an arm that extends from the base and that operatively couples to the mount, and a video cable passage that includes a side opening on one of the opposing sides of the base; and a video cable that operatively couples to the display, that is disposable at least in part in the video cable passage, and that includes a connector exposable via the side opening of the one of the opposing sides of the base of the display stand.