Adjustable Display Tile Support for Seam Alignment Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display tile systems face challenges in maintaining uniform seam alignment and accessibility for maintenance, due to tolerances in support structures and limited access methods, which can lead to visual artefacts and safety concerns during servicing.
Innovation Solution
The system employs adjustable support substructures that allow display tiles to move parallel to the nominal plane, creating a gap between tiles for easier access and alignment, using mechanisms like quadrant gears and contact elements to facilitate movement and positioning, and alignment mechanisms with central sections and radiating arms to maintain precision alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If clips and receptacles are used to align adjacent display tiles, then alignment precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into multiple independent adjustable support elements, each capable of individual adjustment. This segmentation allows precise alignment of each tile independently while maintaining overall system simplicity, as each element operates autonomously rather than requiring complex interconnected mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure incorporates adjustable elements that can dynamically adapt their position and orientation. This dynamic capability enables precise alignment to be achieved through simple adjustment mechanisms rather than fixed complex mechanical connections, allowing the system to accommodate tolerances while maintaining alignment precision.
2Ease of operation
If adjustable support substructures are added to create gaps for maintenance access, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support substructures are designed to be adjustable and movable, enabling them to create maintenance gaps when needed and return to their support function when not needed. This dynamic adjustability provides maintenance accessibility without requiring permanently complex access mechanisms, as the same adjustable elements serve dual purposes.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable support elements serve multiple functions: they provide structural support, enable alignment adjustment, and create maintenance access gaps. This multi-functionality reduces overall device complexity by eliminating the need for separate dedicated access mechanisms, as the support elements themselves facilitate maintenance when configured appropriately.
Data Source
AI summary
A support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, where the support substructure is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.