Enclosed Window Display Bracket Gap and Bonding

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing method of attaching displays to enclosed windows in electronic devices through pressing can result in the display being dislodged due to uneven contact surfaces, leading to potential detachment issues.

Innovation Solution

A manufacturing method involving a display bracket that is slid into the window while maintaining a gap, with a bonding member inserted between the bracket and the window, ensuring secure coupling of the display to the window by curing the bonding member.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the display is attached to the window through pressing, then the display can be secured to the window, but the display may come out due to uneven contact surface

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveattachment reliabilityVSAvoidcontact surface uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

A bonding member is introduced as an intermediary substance between the display and the window. This bonding member fills the gap caused by uneven contact surfaces and provides reliable adhesion, resolving the contradiction between attachment reliability and manufacturing precision requirements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The attachment system is segmented into three distinct components: the display, the bonding member, and the window. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, with the bonding member specifically designed to compensate for surface irregularities

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If the display bracket is inserted into the window without maintaining a gap, then the assembly is more compact, but the bonding member cannot be properly inserted to secure the display

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly structureVSAvoidbonding member insertion
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The display bracket is preliminarily positioned within the window to define a specific gap space before the bonding member is inserted. This preliminary positioning ensures that the bonding member has adequate space for insertion and proper distribution, while maintaining overall assembly compactness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Area of stationary object

If the display is pressed directly against the window, then the contact area is maximized, but the uneven surface causes the display to detach

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontact areaVSAvoidattachment stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The bonding member serves as a mediator that enables effective stress distribution across the contact interface. It compensates for surface unevenness while maintaining adequate contact area, ensuring both maximum adhesion and attachment stability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

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

This method effectively secures the display within the enclosed window, preventing detachment and ensuring a stable assembly by maintaining a consistent gap and using a bonding member to couple the window and display securely.

Implementation Method 1

The display is coupled to the window by curing a bonding member inserted between the window and the display

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCuring: Photopolymerisation

Data Source

PatentUS10462913B2Electronic device having enclosed window and method for manufacturing the same
Publication Date: 2019.10.29 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for manufacturing an electronic device and the electronic device therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a substantially enclosed window including a front surface, a rear surface and a side surface surrounding at least a portion of a space between the front surface and the rear surface, a display disposed inside the window, and a display bracket, to which the display is coupled and disposed inside the window. The display is coupled to the window by curing a bonding member inserted between the window and the display.