Monitor Stand Assembly with Adjustable Force Strut
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in achieving ergonomic flexibility with monitor stand assemblies, as existing systems require time-consuming and complicated adjustments to switch between viewing and touch input modes, often leading to suboptimal ergonomic setups due to complexity and iterative trial-and-error processes.
Innovation Solution
A monitor stand assembly featuring a base, an arm with a pivotable monitor joint, a base joint, and an adjustable force strut with a housing, rod, and adjustment mechanism, allowing for quick and easy ergonomic adjustments to accommodate various monitor weights and orientations, including vertical, tilt, and touch modes, without requiring adjustments to the chair or table.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If existing monitor stand assemblies are used, then the monitor can be positioned for viewing, but switching to touch input mode requires time-consuming and complicated adjustments
Solution Approach 1:
The stand assembly incorporates dynamic adjustability through the adjustable force strut that can be easily reconfigured between viewing and touch input modes. The strut's force adjustment mechanism allows the monitor to be quickly repositioned to different angles and orientations without complex procedures, enabling seamless mode switching.
Solution Approach 2:
The force exerted by the strut is made adjustable through a dedicated adjustment mechanism, allowing the stand to adapt to different monitor weights and positioning requirements. This parameter adjustability enables quick transitions between viewing mode (upright position) and touch input mode (angled position) without time-consuming recalibrations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing monitor stand assemblies are used, then basic positioning is possible, but ergonomic flexibility is limited due to complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The stand assembly is segmented into distinct functional components: a base, an arm with monitor joint, a base joint, and an adjustable force strut. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall simplicity. The strut independently adjusts force, the joints independently enable rotation, providing ergonomic flexibility without complex interdependencies.
Solution Approach 2:
The stand assembly is designed as a universal system that can accommodate monitors of various weights and support multiple orientations (vertical viewing mode, tilted viewing mode, and angled touch input mode). The adjustable force strut and pivotable joints provide multi-functionality, enabling the same stand to serve different ergonomic needs without requiring complex mode-specific configurations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If fixed force struts are used, then the structure is simple, but the stand cannot accommodate monitors of various weights
Solution Approach 1:
The force strut transitions from a fixed force design to a dynamic, adjustable force design. The adjustment mechanism allows the strut's force output to be modified to match different monitor weights, providing adaptability while maintaining a relatively simple mechanical structure based on the existing strut configuration.
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AI summary
A monitor stand assembly includes a base, an arm that includes a monitor joint configured for pivotable attachment to a monitor and a base joint configured for pivotable attachment to the base, and an adjustable force strut. Such a strut may include a strut housing, a strut rod, an adjustment mechanism for adjusting force exerted by the rod with respect to the housing, an arm joint configured for pivotable attachment to the arm and a base joint configured for pivotable attachment to the base. Such an assembly may be suited to accommodate monitors of various weights and provide for flexible ergonomics. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.