Flexible Cable Support for Video Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video display systems are rigid, making them difficult to arrange, requiring complex diagrams and multiple tools, and limiting flexibility and weight distribution, which can lead to connector failure and restricted size.
Innovation Solution
A video display system utilizing a flexible support and clipping mechanism that allows for detachable engagement of display devices, enabling selective weight distribution and flexible manipulation, reducing the need for vertical supports and simplifying assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If rigid support structures are used for video displays, then structural stability is improved, but flexibility and ease of arrangement deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces rigid static support structures with dynamic flexible cables that can adapt their configuration. The cables remain stable under load while allowing movement and reconfiguration, resolving the contradiction between structural stability and flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses flexible cable supports instead of rigid structural elements. These flexible cables provide the necessary support while enabling the display system to be easily arranged, reconfigured, and manipulated in three-dimensional space.
2Manufacturing precision
If complex assembly procedures are used, then manufacturing precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display system into modular segments that can be independently assembled and connected. The flexible cable support system is segmented into individual cable assemblies with standardized connectors, allowing simple step-by-step assembly without complex procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The clipping members are designed to automatically engage and secure the flexible cables to display elements without requiring precise alignment or complex fastening procedures. The self-securing mechanism maintains assembly precision while dramatically simplifying the assembly process.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple tools are used for assembly, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs universal connectors and clipping members that can be used across all display elements and cable assemblies. This single standardized interface replaces multiple specialized tools and connectors, maintaining assembly precision while reducing overall system complexity.
4Stability of the object's composition
If weight is concentrated in rigid supports, then structural stability is improved, but weight distribution deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible cable support system dynamically distributes weight along its length and across multiple attachment points rather than concentrating it in rigid support structures. The cables naturally adapt to distribute loads evenly, improving weight distribution while maintaining structural stability.
5Manufacturing precision
If rigid structures are used, then manufacturing precision is improved, but ease of repair deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the support system as segmented, modular components that can be independently replaced. Individual flexible cable assemblies and clipping members can be quickly swapped without affecting other parts of the system, dramatically improving ease of repair while maintaining overall structural precision.
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AI summary
A method of displaying a video display system, assembling a video display system, and a video display system are disclosed. The video display system can include a flexible support, a display device detachably engaged to the flexible support, and a coupling device engaged to the flexible support and the display device at a first location on the display device.