Display Stand Tower With Natural Convection AV Rack Cooling
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for compact, cost-effective conferencing facilities that can accommodate flat panel displays and audiovisual equipment without requiring dedicated conference rooms or large, expensive display units, while allowing for easy movement and concealment of electronic components.
Innovation Solution
A stand for a flat panel display featuring a tubular or channel-shaped tower with integrated audiovisual rack and ventilation openings, allowing for compact arrangement and air convection, which can be secured to furniture or used as a free-standing unit, housing electronic components and supporting a flat panel display at eye level.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If a compact stand design is used to reduce space requirements, then the stand becomes more suitable for flexible placement and movement, but adequate ventilation for electronic components becomes more difficult to achieve
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from horizontal storage space to vertical tower configuration, allowing the stand to achieve compact footprint while maintaining adequate ventilation volume through vertical air flow paths. The tower structure with openings at top and bottom enables three-dimensional heat dissipation in a reduced horizontal footprint.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical ventilation systems (fans, pumps) with natural convection currents generated by the vertical tower structure. The design uses buoyancy-driven air flow where hot air rises through the tower and exits through top openings, while cooler air enters through bottom openings, eliminating the need for additional cooling equipment.
2Ease of manufacture
If electronic components are housed within the stand structure, then concealment and aesthetic appearance are improved, but access for maintenance and installation becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the stand structure into functional zones with removable access panels that segment the tower into accessible sections. This allows electronic components to be concealed within the overall stand structure while providing targeted access points for installation and maintenance without exposing the entire internal structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces removable access panels as intermediary elements between the external environment and internal electronic components. These panels serve as mediators that allow selective access to specific components while maintaining the aesthetic concealment of the overall stand structure during normal operation.
3Device complexity
If a single central tower structure is used to support the display and house equipment, then device complexity is reduced and compactness is improved, but structural strength to support the display becomes more challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite construction combining vertical tower elements with horizontal support beams and mounting brackets. This composite structure distributes the display weight across multiple structural interfaces while maintaining the visual simplicity of a single central tower, achieving both structural strength and design compactness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates pre-designed mounting interfaces and reinforcement elements within the tower structure at predetermined locations. These preliminary structural preparations enable the tower to support display weights without requiring additional external support structures, as the strength requirements were built into the base design.
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 stand provides a compact, aesthetically pleasing solution that allows for easy movement and concealment of electronic components, facilitating efficient air cooling without additional equipment and enabling flexible placement of displays and equipment.
Implementation Method 1
the tower structure can be used to induce significant convection currents, permitting the electronic components to be placed in a smaller space than may otherwise be acceptable, without use of additional cooling equipment
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a compact stand for a flat panel display wherein a tower of the stand comprises an audio visual (AV) rack for mounting electrical components thereon, the tower being arranged to establish convection currents to cool the components housed inside.