Dual-Pitch Height Adjustment for Imaging Control Panel and Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Prior medical imaging systems, such as ultrasonic diagnostic apparatuses, require individual adjustments for the height of the control panel and display device, leading to user inconvenience and increased complexity and cost due to separate adjustment mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A height adjustment device with a driving shaft featuring first and second spiral grooves of different pitches, allowing simultaneous adjustment of the control panel and display device's heights and distance, synchronized with the operator's posture through screw engagement and a driving mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If individual adjustment mechanisms are used for control panel and display device, then height adjustment capability is achieved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the control panel and display device onto a single movable support structure that can be adjusted together as one unit. This merging approach eliminates the need for separate adjustment mechanisms for each component, thereby reducing device complexity and manufacturing cost while maintaining height adjustment capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The single movable support structure serves multiple functions: it supports both the control panel and display device, and provides unified height adjustment for both components simultaneously. This multi-functional design reduces the number of required adjustment mechanisms while achieving the desired operational flexibility.
2Device complexity
If control panel and display device are coupled on one moving part, then structure complexity is reduced, but ability to adjust heights independently is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the movable support structure into multiple independent movable parts, each capable of adjusting the height of specific components (control panel and display device). This segmentation allows independent height adjustment for each component while still using a unified adjustment mechanism, thus maintaining operational flexibility without requiring separate mechanisms for each component.
3Ease of operation
If separate adjustment mechanisms are used for control panel and display device, then independent height adjustment is achieved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple adjustment functions into a single unified adjustment mechanism that can independently control the height of both the control panel and display device. This consolidation reduces the number of mechanical components required, simplifies manufacturing processes, and lowers overall manufacturing cost while maintaining independent adjustment capability for each component.
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 harmonized adjustment of the control panel and display device heights and distance, improving user convenience while reducing system complexity and manufacturing costs.
Implementation Method 1
a driving shaft (110); a first moving body (120) screw-engaged to the driving shaft (110) and being movable along the driving shaft (110) in a length direction of the driving shaft by screw motion
Implementation Method 2
a driving means (140) for rotating the driving shaft (110)
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments of a height adjustment device for an imaging apparatus are provided. In one embodiment, the height adjustment device (100) has a driving shaft (110), first and second moving bodies (120, 130) and a driving means (140). The driving shaft (110) is rotatably installed in a main body (11) of an imaging apparatus (10). The driving shaft has a first spiral groove (111) having a first pitch (P1) and a second spiral groove (112) having a second pitch (P2) on a peripheral surface thereof. The second pitch is different from the first pitch. The first moving body is screw-engaged to the driving shaft in the first spiral groove, while the second moving body is screw-engaged to the driving shaft in the second spiral groove. The driving means rotates the driving shaft. A control panel (12) and a display device (13) of the imaging apparatus are coupled to the first and second moving bodies, respectively.