Modular Peripheral Display Assembly With Slide-In I/O Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
Peripheral displays have complex designs that hinder modularity, repairability, and recyclability, leading to premature disposal and environmental waste, exacerbated by unsustainable materials and manufacturing processes.
Innovation Solution
A modular peripheral display assembly that uses sliding engagement of components without screws or cables, enabling automated robotic manufacture, reuse, and recycling, with power and information communication through direct interfaces and automated EDID management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If peripheral displays use complex designs with multiple components, then functionality and performance are improved, but modularity and repairability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is divided into separate modular components including a display assembly module, a support module, and an electronic component module. Each module can be independently replaced or repaired, resolving the contradiction by enabling repairability while maintaining overall functionality through modular architecture
2Adaptability or versatility
If peripheral displays use complex designs with multiple components, then functionality and performance are improved, but recyclability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the display device into distinct modular components with standardized interfaces, each module can be separately recycled or reused. The display assembly, support, and electronic components can be processed through different recycling streams, improving overall recyclability while preserving functionality through module replacement
Solution Approach 2:
The modular design enables individual components to be discarded and recovered separately rather than disposing of the entire display assembly. When a component fails, only that specific module is replaced while other modules are recovered and reused, reducing waste and improving recyclability
3Stability of the object's composition
If peripheral displays use traditional assembly methods with screws and cables, then structural stability is improved, but manufacturing complexity and assembly time increase
Solution Approach 1:
Traditional mechanical fastening methods (screws, cables) are replaced with a snap-fit engagement system. The display assembly module includes engagement features that mechanically interlock with the support module without requiring fasteners or cable connections, reducing assembly time while maintaining structural stability through the snap-fit mechanism
4Ease of manufacture
If peripheral displays lack modular design, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but upgradeability and repairability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is segmented into standardized modules that can be manufactured independently using simple processes, then assembled through snap-fit engagement. This segmentation enables both manufacturing simplicity for each module and upgradeability at the system level by replacing individual modules
Data Source
AI summary
An information handling system peripheral display couples a midplane to a display panel back side with punched metal geometric structures that slide into midplane slots. A timing controller board of the display panel 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. A modular input/output housing couples to the peripheral display and interfaces with the scalar to enhance I/O functionality.