LED Panel Alignment via Adjustable Foot Members
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing LED video screens face challenges in seamless image display due to panel misalignment and uneven mounting surfaces, requiring complex installation processes and potential damage from improper panel spacing.
Innovation Solution
The LED panel features an adjustable chassis with moveable foot members and mounting assemblies that allow for precise alignment and secure mounting on uneven surfaces, ensuring flat panel placement and easy installation by adjusting the distance between the panel and the mounting surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If LED panels are mounted on a frame to ensure accurate construction of the complete LED screen, then panel alignment and image seamlessness are improved, but device complexity and installation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the alignment function from the frame structure and relocates it to individual adjuster assemblies attached to each panel. This allows each panel to be independently adjusted for alignment without requiring a complex overall frame system, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining alignment precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjuster assemblies incorporate movable components including threaded rods and adjustment mechanisms that allow dynamic positioning of each panel during installation. This dynamic adjustment capability enables precise alignment without requiring a rigid, complex frame structure, resolving the contradiction between precision and complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If LED panels are mounted on uneven surfaces, then adaptability to different locations is improved, but panel alignment and flatness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing individual adjuster assemblies for each panel that can independently compensate for local surface irregularities. Each adjuster can be tuned to compensate for unevenness at its specific location, allowing the panel to achieve flatness and alignment without requiring the entire mounting surface to be uniform, thus maintaining both adaptability and precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjuster assemblies are pre-configured with threaded rods and adjustment mechanisms that allow preliminary positioning and alignment before final mounting. This preliminary adjustment capability enables the panels to be aligned and leveled on uneven surfaces, maintaining precision while adapting to various mounting conditions.
3Reliability
If proper panel spacing is maintained to prevent damage, then panel reliability is improved, but installation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjuster assemblies incorporate self-aligning and self-positioning mechanisms that automatically maintain proper spacing between panels during installation. The threaded rod adjustments and positioning features enable the panels to self-regulate their spacing to prevent damage while simplifying the installation process, as installers do not need to manually measure and adjust spacing with precision tools.
Data Source
AI summary
An LED (light emitting diode) panel. In particular, an LED panel that is part of a modular system used to construct a wall mounted LED video screen. An LED panel includes a chassis and an LED tile including a plurality of surface mount devices attached thereto. The LED tile is removably mounted to a front of the chassis, and further includes: a first power connector and a first data connector; and a connector assembly mounted on the chassis. The connector assembly includes a support board; a second power connector; a second data connector; and a biasing member arranged to urge the support board in a direction towards the front of the chassis, such that the second power connector and second data connector engage with the first power connector and first data connector, respectively.