Modular Peripheral Display Assembly Without Screws or Cables
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Solution Overview
Problem
Peripheral displays have complex designs that are not upgradeable or repairable, leading to premature disposal and environmental waste, with unsustainable materials and manufacturing processes exacerbating the issue.
Innovation Solution
A modular peripheral display assembly that assembles components without screws or cables, enabling automated robotic manufacture, reuse, and recycling through sliding engagement and direct interfaces between components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If traditional screw-based assembly methods are used, then structural strength and stability are improved, but ease of repair and recycling deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The display assembly is divided into distinct modular components (display panel, stand, power board, scalar board, timing controller) that can be independently removed and replaced. This segmentation allows individual components to be repaired or upgraded without disassembling the entire structure, resolving the contradiction between structural integrity and repairability.
Solution Approach 2:
Critical components such as the power board, scalar board, and timing controller are extracted as separate replaceable modules rather than being permanently integrated into the display assembly. This extraction enables easy removal and replacement of faulty components while maintaining the overall structural strength of the display through standardized connection interfaces.
2Adaptability or versatility
If complex display component arrangements are used, then functionality and performance are improved, but device complexity and difficulty of recycling increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display assembly employs universal standardized interfaces (VESA mounting holes, standard cable connectors) that allow the same modular components to be used across different display configurations and models. This universality maintains functionality and adaptability while reducing overall design complexity and facilitating easier recycling through standardized component types.
3Stability of the object's composition
If integrated display assemblies are used, then structural stability is improved, but ease of manufacture and automation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Components are pre-assembled into modular units with standardized connection points before final integration into the display assembly. The display panel, stand, and electronic components are prepared as separate ready-to-install modules, enabling automated robotic assembly while maintaining structural stability through consistent standardized interfaces.
Data Source
AI summary
An information handling system peripheral display presents visual images at a display panel. A timing controller board has an edge connector that interfaces with a scalar board edge connector when the scalar board couples with slots at posts of the back side. The scalar board couples display cable ports to accept display information from an information handling system and extends the display cable ports out of openings of the midplane. The scalar board communicates visual information to the adjacent timing controller board through the edge connector without the use of a cable. A power board couples with posts and slots adjacent the scalar board to engage a power connector with power pins into a socket of the power board. Power communicates from the power board through the scalar board to the timing controller board and then to a backlight through a pogo pin and contact pad interface.