Modular Display Frame With Auxiliary Infill for Variable Panel Sizes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display units are often permanent and difficult to move, requiring conventional walls for installation, and cannot easily be customized or reconfigured to accommodate different-sized display panels, which limits their flexibility in modern office settings.
Innovation Solution
A display unit design featuring a peripheral frame with extruded main sections and auxiliary sections that can be cut to fit various display panel sizes, allowing for a common extrusion to be used with interchangeable auxiliary sections to create a customizable and aesthetically pleasing border around the display unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a peripheral frame is designed with fixed dimensions to accommodate standard display panels, then manufacturing is simplified, but the display unit cannot accommodate different sized display panels
Solution Approach 1:
The peripheral frame is divided into a main section and an auxiliary section that can be independently manufactured and then assembled together. The auxiliary section acts as an adapter that bridges the fixed main section and variable-sized display panels, allowing the same main section to accommodate different panel sizes while maintaining standardized manufacturing for the core frame component
Solution Approach 2:
The main section of the peripheral frame is designed as a universal component that can work with multiple display panel sizes through the intermediary auxiliary section. This allows a single main section design to serve multiple functions across different display configurations, achieving versatility without compromising manufacturing standardization
2Stability of the object's composition
If display units are constructed as permanent installations secured to walls or partitions, then structural stability is improved, but mobility and reconfigurability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit is segmented into a self-contained module with an integrated peripheral frame that can function independently. This modular design allows the display unit to be installed permanently for stability when needed, or removed and relocated for mobility when required, without compromising structural integrity in either configuration
Solution Approach 2:
The peripheral frame design incorporates dynamic adaptability through the auxiliary section mechanism, allowing the display unit to transition between fixed and mobile states. The frame maintains its structural stability when installed while preserving the capability for future relocation or reconfiguration
3Shape
If the peripheral frame is designed to provide a precise aesthetic border around the display panel, then visual appearance is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases when panel dimensions vary
Solution Approach 1:
The peripheral frame is segmented into a main section with standardized dimensions and an auxiliary section that provides the variable adjustment capability. This segmentation allows the main section to maintain precise aesthetic borders for standard configurations while the auxiliary section absorbs the complexity of adapting to different panel sizes
Solution Approach 2:
The auxiliary section acts as an intermediary element between the fixed main section and variable display panels. It mediates the dimensional differences, allowing the main section to maintain its precise aesthetic design while the auxiliary section compensates for variations in panel dimensions
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AI summary
The present invention provides a display unit comprising a front face and a peripheral frame, the peripheral frame forming a border around the front face, the front face comprising at least one display panel, wherein the peripheral frame comprises an extruded main section having a channel formed therein extending longitudinally along its length, the peripheral frame further comprising at least one extruded auxiliary section having a profile in cross-section which engages with the channel in the main section of the peripheral frame, wherein the auxiliary section of the peripheral frame provides an infill between the main section and the front face of the display unit to permit alternative or replacement display panels to be accommodated within the same peripheral frame.