Hollow Arm Support for Display Device View Obstruction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display devices with supporting structures for laptop and desktop personal computers obstruct the user's view of the display screen, making it difficult to focus on the content due to the visibility of supporting components, and they often require complex rigidity to handle the weight of liquid crystal display panels with backlights and inverters.
Innovation Solution
A display device design featuring a hollow supporting unit with a pass-through opening and two arm units arranged facing each other, which provides a lightweight and aesthetically pleasing structure that hides the supporting elements, allowing for a cantilevered display configuration using organic EL panels that do not require backlights or inverters, and accommodates electrical connections in a way that they are not visible.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a supporting unit is arranged to support the display panel from the body unit, then the display panel can be supported with sufficient strength, but the supporting structure comes into view and obstructs the user's view of the display screen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the supporting function from the visible front view by positioning the supporting unit at the rear of the display device. The supporting unit includes a supporting arm that extends from the body unit to support the display panel from behind, removing the harmful visual obstruction while maintaining the necessary supporting strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent moves the supporting structure from the front dimension (where it would obstruct the view) to the rear dimension (where it does not interfere with the display). By arranging the supporting unit at the rear of the body unit and having it extend backward, the structure operates in a different spatial dimension that does not conflict with the user's viewing area.
2Illumination intensity
If liquid crystal display panels with backlights and inverters are used, then the display can provide sufficient brightness and functionality, but the weight increases requiring complex supporting structures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a supporting arm with a counterweight mechanism to balance the heavy display panel. The counterweight is positioned to create a balancing moment that offsets the weight of the display panel, reducing the burden on the supporting structure and enabling the use of heavy liquid crystal display panels with backlights and inverters without requiring overly complex support systems.
3Ease of manufacture
If the supporting unit is simplified in configuration, then the designability improves and the structure becomes more aesthetic, but the strength and rigidity may be insufficient to support the display panel
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses composite materials for the supporting unit, combining materials with different properties to achieve both strength and simplicity. The supporting arm incorporates high-strength, lightweight materials that provide sufficient supporting strength while allowing for a simplified, aesthetically pleasing configuration that improves designability and ease of manufacture.
Data Source
AI summary
A display device of the present invention includes a body unit; a display unit; and an arm unit, arranged upright from the body unit, for supporting the display unit; wherein the arm unit has a hollow structure formed with a pass-through opening and includes a first arm unit and a second arm unit arranged facing each other by way of the opening.