Adjustable Display Mounting Apparatus with Elastic Force Balancing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mounting apparatuses for display devices like flat panel displays and electronic whiteboards are often too heavy to be easily adjusted or stopped at desired heights, lacking operator-friendliness.
Innovation Solution
A mounting apparatus featuring a mounting unit, a connecting unit with a pivot pin and elastic members that allows for adjustable height positioning by balancing the restoring forces of elastic members, enabling easy height adjustment and secure fixation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a mounting apparatus is designed to support heavy display devices, then the structural strength is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates because the apparatus itself becomes too heavy to move or stop
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting apparatus is divided into separate functional components: a mounting unit fixed to the wall, a connecting unit that slides along guide rails, and elastic members that provide balancing force. This segmentation allows the heavy support structure to remain fixed while the lighter connecting unit can be easily moved to adjust height.
Solution Approach 2:
Elastic members are used to provide an upward restoring force that counterbalances the weight of the display device and connecting unit. This counterbalancing mechanism reduces the effort required to move and position the apparatus, making heavy devices easy to adjust to desired heights.
2Reliability
If the mounting apparatus uses heavy structural components to ensure stability, then the reliability is improved, but the ease of operation worsens due to difficulty in stopping at desired positions
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting unit is designed to slide along guide rails with controlled movement. The elastic members provide a dynamic restoring force that automatically balances the system at any position, allowing the apparatus to be easily stopped at desired heights while maintaining stability through the guide rail constraint.
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic members provide continuous feedback through their restoring force, which automatically adjusts to balance the weight at any position. This feedback mechanism ensures stable positioning without requiring heavy structural components, as the system self-regulates to maintain equilibrium.
3Device complexity
If the mounting apparatus is designed with simple manual adjustment, then the device complexity is reduced, but the productivity deteriorates due to excessive manual effort required
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic members provide self-service by automatically generating the balancing force needed to counteract gravity. This eliminates the need for complex motors or heavy lifting mechanisms, maintaining design simplicity while dramatically improving adjustment efficiency since the system does the work of supporting heavy loads automatically.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables operator-friendly, secure, and adjustable mounting of heavy display devices, ensuring they can be easily positioned at desired heights without requiring excessive manual effort.
Implementation Method 1
a first elastic member (30) connected between the mounting unit (10) and the connecting unit (20)... a second elastic member (40) connected between the second frame (210) and an end of the pivot pin (240)
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AI summary
A mounting apparatus for mounting a display or other unit and providing assisted motion when adjusting the height of the display is included in an electronic device. The mounting apparatus includes first frame, pushing member, and slidable connecting unit. The connecting unit includes a second frame and a rotatable pivot pin corresponding to the pushing member. When the connecting unit is moved along a predetermined adjusting direction, the first elastic member restores, and the rotating pivot pin deforms the second elastic member. The connecting unit stops at a position, itself adjustable, where respective restoring forces of the first elastic member and the second elastic member are balanced.