Aircraft Monitor Stowage Device Using Bevel Gear Rotation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional monitor stowage devices for aircraft passenger compartments are limited by the restricted width of the attachment area, making it difficult to accommodate larger screens.
Innovation Solution
A monitor stowage device that uses a motor and an opening-closing mechanism with two bevel gears to pivot and rotate the monitor, allowing it to be stowed and deployed so that its long-side direction aligns with the lateral direction, thereby accommodating wider monitors within the limited space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If a monitor is designed to fit within the restricted width of the attachment area, then it can be properly stowed in the ceiling, but the monitor width is limited and cannot accommodate larger screens
Solution Approach 1:
The monitor is rotated 90 degrees from a horizontal orientation (parallel to ceiling width) to a vertical orientation (perpendicular to ceiling width). This dimensional change allows the monitor's long side to extend in the depth direction of the ceiling rather than the width direction, enabling larger monitors to be stowed within the same ceiling opening without increasing the ceiling's width requirement
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs a rotatable mechanism with motor drive that dynamically changes the monitor's orientation between stowed (vertical) and deployed (horizontal) states. This dynamic capability allows the monitor to transition between different spatial configurations, accommodating both the size requirements of large screens and the space constraints of the ceiling stowage area
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the stowage and deployment of monitors wider than the attachment area's width, effectively addressing the size limitations of conventional systems and accommodating modern larger screens.
Implementation Method 1
a motor and an opening-closing mechanism. The motor supplies drive force for opening and closing the monitor. The opening-closing mechanism receives drive force transmitted from the motor
Implementation Method 2
The opening-closing mechanism changes the monitor from a state of being stowed in the stowage component in a direction in which the long-side direction of the monitor is substantially perpendicular to the width direction of the stowage component
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AI summary
A monitor stowage device for stowing a monitor into a stowage component, the monitor capable of being opened and closed. The monitor stowage device comprises a motor and an opening-closing mechanism. The motor supplies drive force to the opening-closing mechanism to open and close the monitor. The drive force from the motor is transmitted to the opening-closing mechanism, and the opening-closing mechanism changes the state of the monitor from a closed state to an open state, the closed state in which the monitor is stowed in a stowage space of the stowage component such that the long-side direction of the monitor is aligned with a direction substantially perpendicular to the width direction of the stowage section, and the open state being a state in which the monitor is deployed in such a manner that the long-side direction of the monitor is aligned with the lateral direction.