Linkage Module Assembly for Separable Display Control Boxes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional flat panel displays with separate display module and controller enclosures face challenges in ensuring a reliable physical linkage and unified communication connection, complicating maintenance and hardware upgrades.
Innovation Solution
A linkage module with engaging and fastening structures on edges of a substrate provides a modular connection between a frontend module and a separable control box module, allowing easy assembly and communication through snap-lock mechanisms and unified signal interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of repair
If a separate hardware architecture is adopted to improve maintenance convenience, then troubleshooting and part replacement become easier, but a reliable physical linkage mechanism between modules becomes more difficult to design
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is divided into separate modules (display module and controller module) that can be independently maintained and replaced. The linkage module provides a standardized interface that enables easy separation and reconnection of these modules, facilitating troubleshooting and part replacement while maintaining a relatively simple connection mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The linkage module serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides mechanical connection between modules, ensures watertight sealing, and establishes electrical signal connections. This multi-functionality reduces the overall complexity by consolidating multiple requirements into a single integrated component rather than requiring separate mechanisms for each function.
2Adaptability or versatility
If different transmission interfaces are paired to form product combinations, then adaptability to different configurations is improved, but unifying communication connections between modules becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The linkage module incorporates a unified communication interface that can handle different transmission protocols and signal types through a single standardized connection point. This allows the system to support multiple product configurations and transmission interfaces while maintaining consistent module-to-module communication through the linkage module, reducing the complexity of unifying different communication standards.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a linkage module configured to provide an internal modularization connection between a frontend module and a separable control box module. The linkage module include: a linkage substrate attached to a second housing included in the frontend module; a first engaging structure configured on a first edge included in the linkage substrate and corresponding to a third engaging structure included in the separable control box module; and a first fastening structure configured on a third edge included in the linkage substrate and corresponding to a second fastening structure included in the separable control box module.