Planar display assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional planar display assemblies, such as mirror assemblies, require significant effort, components, and costs for assembly and installation, as they often necessitate dedicated hardware and tools for each configuration, limiting customization and modification options.
Innovation Solution
A customizable planar display assembly with a frame sized to receive a planar display pane, featuring adjustable retainers and standardized mounting hardware kits that allow for easy assembly and interchangeability of mirror panes with varying thicknesses, finishes, and styles, using a combination of polymeric base clips and latch clips with ratchet teeth and flexible arms for securement without tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional planar display assemblies use dedicated hardware and tools for each configuration, then secure retention of display panes is achieved, but assembly complexity and costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal retainer system with standardized mounting hardware kits that can accommodate multiple display pane configurations, thicknesses, and styles through a single hardware design. The retainers feature adjustable mechanisms (slots, telescoping arms, ratchet teeth) that provide secure retention across various pane dimensions without requiring dedicated hardware for each configuration, thereby reducing assembly complexity while maintaining reliability
2Reliability
If conventional assemblies require dedicated tools for assembly, then secure installation is achieved, but ease of assembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The retainer system incorporates self-aligning and self-adjusting features that eliminate the need for specialized assembly tools. The mounting hardware includes self-centering mechanisms, snap-fit components, and tool-free adjustment features allowing users to assemble and install display panes using only their hands, thereby improving ease of assembly while ensuring secure installation through the engineered retention mechanisms
3Manufacturing precision
If conventional hardware does not accommodate varying thicknesses, then manufacturing precision is maintained, but adaptability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The retainer system employs dynamic adjustment mechanisms including telescoping arms with ratchet teeth, sliding components with slots, and adjustable mounting positions that allow the hardware to adapt to various display pane thicknesses. These dynamic features enable the same retainer to maintain precise fit and secure retention across a range of thickness variations without compromising manufacturing precision or requiring multiple hardware variants
Data Source
AI summary
A planar display assembly is provided with a planar display pane in a frame with apertures formed about a periphery. Base members have a post received within the apertures. A retaining wall with ratchet teeth extends from each base member. Latch members with a hoop portion with a slot receive each retaining wall for adjustment in a direction toward the frame to accommodate display panes of varying thicknesses. A tooth is formed in each latch member to engage the ratchet teeth for adjustment. A release tab is provided on each latch member for manual release of the tooth from the ratchet teeth. A flexible arm extends from each latch members to engage and retain the planar display pane within the frame.