Display Stand Mounting Plate for Stable Rotary Attachment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display stands face challenges in maintaining stability and user accessibility when equipped with a rotary unit for orientation change, as the addition of the rotary unit shifts the centroid, potentially reducing stability and increasing the front leg's obstruction during user operations.

Innovation Solution

A stand system with a mounting plate module and attachable/detachable rotary unit that allows orientation change between landscape and portrait modes without altering the display's position relative to the stand, ensuring stability and minimizing front leg obstruction by maintaining the centroid position regardless of the rotary unit's presence.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a rotary unit is added to enable orientation change, then the display can be rotated between landscape and portrait modes, but the centroid position shifts forward causing reduced stability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveorientation change capabilityVSAvoidstand stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting system is divided into separate components: a mounting plate module that attaches to the stand, a rotary unit with rotation mechanism, and a display device. This segmentation allows the rotary unit to be attached or detached independently, enabling orientation change while maintaining the original stand structure and centroid position for stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The mounting plate module serves as an intermediary component between the stand and the rotary unit. It provides a standardized interface that allows the rotary unit to be mounted without altering the stand's original structure or centroid position, thus maintaining stability while enabling rotation functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If a rotary unit is added to enable orientation change, then the display can be rotated between landscape and portrait modes, but the front leg protrusion increases obstructing user operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveorientation change capabilityVSAvoiduser accessibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

By segmenting the system into stand, mounting plate module, and rotary unit components, the rotary unit can be attached only when orientation change is needed. This avoids the front leg protrusion issue when the rotary unit is not present, while still providing accessibility to orientation change functionality when required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from a static configuration (display fixed to stand) to a dynamic configuration where the rotary unit can be attached or detached based on user needs. This dynamic approach allows the system to adapt between stability mode (no rotary unit) and orientation change mode (with rotary unit).

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Stability of the object's composition

If the display position is adjusted to maintain stability with rotary unit, then stability is improved, but the display position relative to the stand changes affecting user experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestand stabilityVSAvoiddisplay position consistency
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting plate module acts as an intermediary that compensates for the rotary unit's presence. It is designed with specific dimensions and attachment positions that ensure the display's final position relative to the stand remains consistent whether the rotary unit is attached or not, thus maintaining both stability and user experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The mounting plate module's design parameters (dimensions, attachment positions) are specifically optimized to offset the rotary unit's thickness and weight distribution. This parameter adjustment ensures that the display's position relative to the stand remains consistent in both configurations, maintaining user experience while enabling rotation capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11746947B2Stand and stand system
Publication Date: 2023.09.05 RICOH CO LTD
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AI summary

A stand for supporting a display device includes multiple posts and a mounting plate module configured to connect the posts to each other. The stand is configured such that a rotary unit is attachable to and detachable from the mounting plate module, the display device is attachable to the mounting plate module via the rotary unit and is also attachable to the mounting plate module without the rotary unit, and a position of the display device relative to the stand in a depth direction in a state where the display device is attached to the mounting plate module via the rotary unit is the same as the position of the display device relative to the stand in the depth direction in a state where the display device is attached to the mounting plate module without the rotary unit.