Dual-Directional Connecting Device for Thin Electronic Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional connecting devices for electronic products with displays, such as digital cameras, restrict design flexibility due to their limited ability to rotate in dual directions and occupy excessive installation space, hindering the achievement of a thinner form factor and interfering with the desired outlook and functionality.
Innovation Solution
A connecting device featuring two supporters with parallel connection bars that allow dual-directional rotation, incorporating pivotal parts and a buckling structure to ensure stability and reduce thickness, enabling the screen to be unfolded and engaged in sequence while maintaining a thinner profile.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If a conventional hinge or biaxial hinge is used to connect the screen and machine housing, then the screen can be horizontally rotated, but the thickness and height of the hinge components occupy excessive installation space, limiting the ability to make the device thinner
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting device is divided into two separate supporters (first supporter connected to screen, second supporter connected to machine housing) that can be mutually engaged, with connection bars linking them. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and enables dual-directional rotation while reducing overall thickness compared to a single bulky hinge structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The first supporter and second supporter are designed to be mutually engaged in a nested configuration, where one supporter fits within or alongside the other. This nesting arrangement minimizes the overall thickness of the connecting device while maintaining the structural integrity needed for dual-directional rotation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional single-direction rotation mechanism is used, then the installation space can be reduced, but the design flexibility is restrained by the location where the function key is installed or the desired outlook of the housing
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting device enables dynamic dual-directional rotation of the screen relative to the machine housing, allowing the screen to rotate both horizontally and vertically. This dynamic capability provides design flexibility for positioning function keys and adjusting the display outlook without being constrained by fixed single-direction rotation mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting device serves multiple functions: it connects the screen to the machine housing, enables dual-directional rotation, and provides adjustment capabilities for various display positions. This multi-functionality achieves design flexibility without requiring separate mechanisms for each function, thereby controlling installation space.
3Length of moving object
If the screen is made thinner to reduce overall device thickness, then the aesthetic appearance is improved, but the installation space for the connecting device becomes even more limited
Solution Approach 1:
The first supporter and second supporter are designed with a nested engagement structure where one component fits within or alongside the other. This nesting minimizes the overall thickness of the connecting device assembly, allowing it to accommodate thinner screens while maintaining sufficient installation space for the connecting mechanism itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection bars are arranged in parallel and extend in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis, utilizing the lateral dimension rather than the thickness dimension. This dimensional arrangement allows the connecting device to maintain thinness in the screen thickness direction while providing adequate space for connection mechanisms in other dimensions.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a connecting device capable of opening and engaging in dual directions, which includes: a supporter; a corresponding supporter capable of being engaged with the supporter; and two connection bars parallel to each other, each of the connection bars is respectively parallel to the supporter and the corresponding supporter, and two ends of each of the connection bars are respectively pivoted with the supporter and the corresponding supporter thereby allowing the corresponding supporter to be rotated and unfolded towards an end direction of the supporter or to be rotated and unfolded towards an opposite end direction of the supporter so as to form the dual-directional opening operation.