Display Support Linkage With Multi-Constant Spring Balancing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing support structures for displays are often difficult to adjust and require significant user effort, and are either complex or expensive to build, failing to provide easy height and location adjustments for optimal viewing.
Innovation Solution
A support structure featuring a base element, an arm with a linkage assembly that includes a spring with multiple spring constants to counteract the weight of the display, allowing for easy adjustment and maintenance of the display's position relative to a surface, along with a tilt head mechanism for adjusting tilt and rotational angles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional support structures are used, then the display can be supported, but the adjustment requires significant user effort and is difficult to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The spring mechanism in the linkage assembly is configured to counteract the weight of the display, providing an opposing force that assists user adjustment efforts. This allows the display to be easily positioned and held at desired locations without requiring significant continuous user effort.
Solution Approach 2:
The linkage assembly with spring mechanism automatically maintains the display at adjusted positions without requiring continuous user intervention. The spring force self-adjusts to hold the display weight, making the system serve itself rather than requiring constant user effort.
2Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable support structures are provided, then height and location can be changed, but the structure becomes complicated and expensive to build
Solution Approach 1:
The linkage assembly serves multiple functions: it supports the display weight, enables height adjustment, maintains positioning, and provides tilt adjustment capability. This multi-functionality in a single integrated mechanism avoids the need for separate complex systems for each function, reducing overall structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure is divided into modular components (arm, head, linkage assembly with slider and links) that can be independently manufactured and assembled. This segmentation allows for simpler individual parts that combine to provide complex adjustability, reducing manufacturing difficulty and cost.
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
Enables easy and effortless adjustment of the display's height and orientation, maintaining consistent viewing angles without the need for complex mechanisms or high costs, supporting a range of display weights and sizes.
Implementation Method 1
a spring having a plurality of spring constants configured to generate a force that counteracts a weight of the display to maintain the display in a plurality of positions relative to a surface
Implementation Method 2
The linkage assembly is configured to rotate the tilt head when the arm rotates to counteract the rotation of the arm and maintain a consistent orientation of the tilt head
Data Source
AI summary
A support structure for supporting a display comprising a base element, an arm coupled to the base element, the arm extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, a head for movably supporting the display on the arm, and a linkage assembly movable along the longitudinal axis. The linkage assembly includes a spring having a plurality of spring constants configured to generate a force that counteracts a weight of the display to maintain the display in a plurality of positions relative to a surface.