Modular Peripheral Display Assembly With Tool-Free Sliding Interfaces
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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 modularity and ease of repair hindered by design constraints and unsustainable materials.
Innovation Solution
A modular peripheral display assembly that assembles components without screws or cables, using sliding engagement and direct interfaces for power and information communication, enabling automated robotic manufacture, reuse, and recycling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional peripheral displays use complex designs with screws and cables to hold components together, then structural stability and component security are improved, but ease of repair, upgradeability and recyclability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is divided into multiple modular components (display panel assembly, stand assembly, midplane, cover) that can be independently removed and replaced. This segmentation allows easy repair and upgrade of individual components without affecting the entire device, directly resolving the contradiction between structural stability and ease of repair.
Solution Approach 2:
Traditional screw-based mechanical fastening systems are replaced with cable-free direct interfaces and modular coupling mechanisms. This substitution eliminates complex fastening structures while maintaining component security, enabling both structural stability and ease of repair through simple modular attachment and detachment.
2Ease of manufacture
If peripheral displays use integrated designs with components permanently attached, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability and upgradeability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is divided into standardized modular components with uniform interfaces (midplane, cover, stand assembly). This segmentation enables simple manufacturing of individual modules while allowing flexible assembly configurations and future upgrades, resolving the contradiction between manufacturing simplicity and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular design with standardized interfaces (VESA mount, universal cable connections) allows the same components to be used across different display configurations and models. This universality enables easy manufacturing using standardized parts while providing adaptability for various screen sizes, resolutions, and future upgrades.
3Strength
If peripheral displays use complex fastening systems with screws and cables, then component security and structural integrity are improved, but ease of disassembly and recyclability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Complex screw-based fastening systems and cable connections are replaced with modular direct interfaces and tool-free coupling mechanisms. This substitution maintains structural integrity through precise modular fitments while enabling easy disassembly for recycling, directly resolving the contradiction between strength and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
Cables and fastening hardware are extracted from the component connections, replacing them with integrated modular interfaces. This extraction eliminates the need for tools during disassembly while maintaining secure component attachment, enabling both structural integrity and ease of disassembly for recycling purposes.
4Reliability
If peripheral displays use non-modular designs with components permanently fixed, then device stability and reliability are improved, but environmental sustainability and recyclability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is segmented into independently replaceable modular components (display panel, stand, midplane, cover). This segmentation enables repair and replacement of only failed components rather than entire devices, reducing electronic waste while maintaining device stability through standardized modular interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular design enables selective replacement of worn or failed components while recovering and reusing functional modules. This approach reduces environmental waste by extending the lifecycle of usable components through recovery and reuse, while maintaining device stability through standardized replacement procedures.
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 snap of the midplane couples to the back side when in a predetermined alignment. 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.