Hinge Supporting Mechanism for Wobble-Free Touch Panel Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hinge assemblies in notebook computers fail to support display modules equipped with touch panels, leading to wobble issues when the display module is expanded.
Innovation Solution
A supporting mechanism with a sliding and pivoting mechanism that generates friction between two members to stabilize the display module on the host module, ensuring secure attachment and preventing wobble, even when equipped with an extra module like a touch panel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional hinge assembly is used to support the display module, then the display module can be pivoted for expansion and containment, but the display module equipped with a touch panel cannot be supported, resulting in wobble issues
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting mechanism is divided into multiple components: a first member connected to the display module, a second member connected to the host module, and a sliding connection between them. This segmentation allows each component to perform specific functions - the first member supports the display module, the second member anchors to the host module, and their sliding connection provides both support and stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding connection acts as an intermediary mechanism between the display module and the host module. It transmits forces and motions while providing a controlled degree of freedom, allowing the display module to be supported stably without restricting its pivoting capability for expansion and containment.
2Ease of operation
If the display module is expanded on the host module using a hinge assembly, then the user can operate the device, but the conventional hinge assembly is incapable of supporting the display module equipped with the touch panel
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting mechanism incorporates a sliding connection that dynamically adapts to the expansion and containment movements of the display module. The sliding end moves along the sliding slot, allowing the mechanism to maintain proper support and stability throughout the range of motion while enabling easy expansion and containment operations.
3Reliability
If a supporting mechanism with sliding and pivoting components is added, then the display module with touch panel can be supported and wobble eliminated, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting mechanism merges the support function and the pivoting function into a single integrated structure. The first member, second member, and sliding connection work together as one unified mechanism that simultaneously provides support stability and enables expansion/containment movement, avoiding the need for separate support structures and pivoting mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The mechanism effectively supports and fixes the display module with the touch panel, eliminating wobble issues and enhancing the operational stability of the notebook computer.
Implementation Method 1
a friction force is generated between the first member and the second member when the first member slides along the second direction with respect to the second member
Data Source
AI summary
A supporting mechanism for supporting a first module on a second module is disclosed. The first module is pivoted to the second module via a hinge assembly. The supporting mechanism includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a sliding end slidably installed on the first module. The second member is connected to the first member in a relatively slidable manner. The second member includes a pivoting end pivoted to the second module. When the first module is rotated along an expanding direction with respect to the second module, the sliding end of the first member slides along a first direction toward the hinge assembly such that the first member slides along a second direction further away from the second member.