Modular Display Stand With Sliding Riser for Easy Recycling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Peripheral displays in information handling systems have complex designs that hinder modularity, repairability, and recycling, contributing to environmental waste due to non-compatible materials and unsustainable manufacturing processes.
Innovation Solution
A dematerialized display stand design with fewer components made of common materials, featuring a single sliding member, hinge support, and modular pivot assembly that facilitates easy assembly, disassembly, and recycling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If peripheral displays use complex designs with multiple components, then functional performance is improved, but device complexity and difficulty of recycling increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display stand is divided into modular components including a base, a riser with integrated cable management, and a display support assembly. These segments can be independently manufactured, assembled, and replaced, reducing overall complexity while maintaining functional performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The riser component serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support, manages cable routing through integrated channels, and enables height adjustment. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, simplifying the overall design.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If peripheral displays use sustainable materials and manufacturing processes, then environmental impact is reduced, but manufacturing cost may increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display stand components are manufactured from uniform aluminum extrusions with consistent material composition. This homogeneity simplifies the recycling process by eliminating the need to separate different material types, reducing end-of-life processing costs while maintaining sustainability.
Solution Approach 2:
The design utilizes standard aluminum extrusion profiles with consistent cross-sectional geometry. By standardizing material parameters and dimensions, the manufacturing process becomes more efficient and cost-effective while maintaining environmental sustainability through material reuse.
3Ease of repair
If display stands are designed for easy disassembly and recycling, then ease of repair and recycling is improved, but structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The display support assembly nests within the riser structure, with the support sliding into place within the riser's internal cavity. This nested configuration provides structural stability through interlocking geometry while allowing easy insertion and removal without complex fasteners.
Solution Approach 2:
The display support features a sliding mechanism within the riser that allows dynamic adjustment of position and height. The friction-fit design provides stable positioning when engaged while enabling easy movement and reconfiguration, balancing stability with ease of repair.
Data Source
AI summary
A dematerialized information handling system display stand supports a display assembly with vertical adjustments using a single injection molded polyoxymethylene (POM) sliding member inserted in an extruded aluminum riser. A compression spring locks the sliding member in place with torsional force that releases to enable vertical movement. A mount couples to a rear side of the riser with a rail in a channel of the mount engaged in a guide formed in the riser at extrusion of the riser. An information handling system housing couples to the mount. When removed from the riser, the mount assembles into a stand with the housing supported in the channel.