Foldable Display Housing with Staggered Connectors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display devices with large screens are cumbersome for carrying and storage due to their rigid design, while flexible display panels offer limited size flexibility when folded.
Innovation Solution
A housing design incorporating staggered connectors and couplers with elastic properties, allowing the display device to be bent and folded, reducing its carrying and storage area requirements, and adaptable to various sizes through adjustable components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the display screen is made large, then the display area is increased, but the device becomes difficult to carry and occupies too much space
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is designed to be foldable with connectors and couplers that enable the housing to bend and fold dynamically. This allows the display device to transition between a large unfolded state for display and a compact folded state for portability, resolving the contradiction between large screen area and ease of carrying
2Area of stationary object
If the display device is made foldable, then the carrying area is reduced, but the housing structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is segmented into multiple sections connected by connectors and couplers. This segmentation allows the housing to be divided into foldable sections that can be connected and disconnected independently, reducing the overall carrying area while managing structural complexity through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The connectors and couplers are designed with nested structures where the coupler fits within the connector's accommodating slot. This nesting approach allows the foldable housing sections to compact efficiently when folded, reducing carrying area while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure
3Shape
If connectors and couplers are used to enable folding, then the housing becomes bendable, but the connection reliability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The housing incorporates flexible connectors and couplers that can bend and deform elastically. These flexible components maintain reliable electrical and mechanical connections while allowing the housing to bend and fold, resolving the contradiction between bendability and connection reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The connector design includes accommodating slots with specific dimensional relationships to the coupler and cylinder components. This pre-designed clearance and fit arrangement provides cushioning and tolerance for bending movements while maintaining secure connections, ensuring reliability during flexing operations
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables a compact and portable display device that maintains a large screen area when unfolded, facilitating easy carrying and storage while exploiting the advantages of flexible display panels.
Implementation Method 1
the housing is being bent along with the flexible display panel, the adjacent two connectors are being away from each other until the cylinder in the accommodating slot is blocked by the corresponding opening
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AI summary
A display device includes a flexible display panel and a housing. The housing includes connectors and couplers. Each of the connectors includes two accommodating slots. The connectors and the couplers are sequentially arranged in a staggered manner and connected with one another. Each of the couplers includes a coupling body and two cylinders. The two cylinders are connected to two sides of the coupling body. Each of the cylinders is disposed in the accommodating slot of the adjacent connector. A radial interval of an opening of the accommodating slot is greater than a thickness of the coupling body and is less than a diameter of the cylinder. While the housing is being bent along with the flexible display panel, the adjacent two connectors are being away from each other until the cylinder in the accommodating slot is blocked by the corresponding opening.