Display-Stand Hook Mounting for Slim One-Step Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The one-step mounting structure for connecting a stand to a display has resulted in increased thickness and complexity, hindering the goal of slimming the display.
Innovation Solution
A connecting apparatus with a mounting unit and coupling protrusions that allows for easy detachment and attachment, featuring hooks that move along specific directions to couple and decouple from the coupling protrusions, thereby simplifying the connection process while maintaining a slim profile.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a one-step mounting structure is used to connect the stand to the display, then the ease of operation is improved, but the thickness and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting apparatus is divided into separate components: a mounting unit with hooks attached to the stand, and coupling protrusions integrated into the display. This segmentation allows each component to have a simple, specialized structure while achieving one-step mounting functionality when assembled together.
Solution Approach 2:
The hooks of the mounting unit are designed to fit inside and engage with the coupling protrusions of the display. This nesting arrangement allows the mounting structure to be compact and slim while maintaining the one-step mounting capability, as the mounting unit integrates within the display's existing structure.
2Ease of operation
If a one-step mounting structure is used to connect the stand to the display, then the ease of operation is improved, but the thickness of the mounting part increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hooks of the mounting unit are designed to fit inside and engage with the coupling protrusions of the display. This nesting arrangement allows the mounting structure to be compact and slim while maintaining the one-step mounting capability, as the mounting unit integrates within the display's existing structure rather than adding external thickness.
Solution Approach 2:
By separating the mounting functionality into a distinct mounting unit that attaches to the stand and engages with the display's coupling protrusions, the design avoids adding thickness to the display's main body. The mounting part thickness is minimized by using thin-walled coupling protrusions and a compact mounting unit structure.
3Ease of operation
If hooks are designed to move along specific directions to couple and decouple, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hooks are designed with dynamic movement capability along the lengthwise direction of the coupling protrusions. This allows the hooks to easily engage with and disengage from the coupling protrusions by moving in the same direction as the protrusion's length, providing simple one-step mounting and detachment without complex mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of designing complex locking mechanisms that require multiple steps to engage and disengage, the patent inverts the approach by designing hooks that naturally engage with coupling protrusions through simple linear movement. The detachment is achieved by moving the hooks in the opposite direction along the same path, simplifying the mechanism while improving ease of operation.
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AI summary
A connecting apparatus arrangeable to connect a display and a stand. The connecting apparatus includes a plurality of coupling protrusions arrangeable at the display, and a mounting unit connectable to the stand, the mounting unit including a plurality of hooks coupleable to the plurality of coupling protrusions, respectively, so that while the plurality of hooks of the mounting unit that is connected to the stand are coupled to the plurality of coupling protrusions which are arranged at the display, the display and the stand are connected to each other, and at least a number of hooks from among the plurality of hooks are moved along a first direction to couple to the plurality of coupling protrusions and are moved along a second direction opposite the first direction to decoupleable from the plurality of coupling protrusions.