Modular Display Base with Multi-Function Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display devices for information handling systems lack flexibility in installation options, as they typically require separate stand and wall-mounting solutions with distinct electrical components and configurations, limiting user choice and desk space utilization.
Innovation Solution
A modular display system featuring a multi-purpose base component with integrated electrical components that can be used in both stand riser and arm mount configurations, allowing the same display monitor and base assembly to provide multiple installation options, including freestanding and wall-mounted setups.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a separate stand assembly with base component is used for supporting the display monitor, then the display monitor can be positioned in an upright viewing position, but the system lacks flexibility for different installation options and requires separate wall-mounting solutions
Solution Approach 1:
The base component is designed to serve multiple functions: it can be used with a stand assembly for desktop positioning and with a wall-mounting bracket for wall installation. The base component includes standardized mounting interfaces (such as VESA-compatible holes) that work with both stand and wall-mounting configurations, eliminating the need for separate specialized solutions for different installation types.
2Ease of operation
If electrical components are integrated into the display monitor component itself, then electrical connection is simplified, but the base component cannot provide convenient electrical and signal connection functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The base component acts as an intermediary between the display monitor and the external environment (desktop or wall mounting). It houses electrical components such as power outlets, USB ports, and audio jacks that facilitate convenient connection of peripherals and power supply. The base component receives power and data from the display monitor through internal wiring and provides these connections to users, serving as a centralized hub for electrical functionality.
3Reliability
If a conventional base component with large footprint is used, then stable support for the display monitor is achieved, but desk space underneath is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The base component is designed to extend primarily in the horizontal plane rather than requiring significant vertical clearance underneath. By optimizing the footprint shape and distribution of weight, the base provides stable support while minimizing the area it occupies on the desktop surface. This allows more desk space to remain accessible underneath and around the display monitor setup.
Data Source
AI summary
Modular display monitor systems are disclosed that employ a multi-purpose base component that may be used in a first configuration as part of a stand riser assembly for supporting a display monitor component in an upright viewing position with a separate riser component, and that may be used in a second configuration together with a separate support arm as part of an arm mount assembly for attaching a display monitor component to a wall or desktop without the riser component.