Projector Support Stand Vent Openings for Multi-Posture Cooling

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing projector attachment members do not efficiently facilitate heat exhaust due to their box-like structure, which impedes effective ventilation.

Innovation Solution

A display apparatus supporting stand with a fixing part and plate material that allows the projector to be fixed in multiple postures, featuring vent holes and openings in the plate material to ensure efficient ventilation regardless of the projector's orientation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If the projector is enclosed in a box-shaped base member, then the projector is securely supported, but heat exhaust efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesupport stabilityVSAvoidheat exhaust efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The base member is divided into a first base member and a second base member that are separable from each other. This segmentation allows the projector to be securely supported when attached, while enabling easy removal for heat exhaust purposes, thus resolving the contradiction between support stability and heat exhaust efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The attachment member incorporates a detachable connection mechanism between the first and second base members. This dynamic design allows the base members to be connected during operation for stable support, and disconnected when heat exhaust is needed, transforming a static enclosed structure into a dynamically adjustable one.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If the projector is manually adjustable in posture, then positioning flexibility is improved, but heat exhaust performance deteriorates due to enclosure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveposture adjustment flexibilityVSAvoidheat exhaust performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

By dividing the base member into separable first and second base members, the design maintains positioning flexibility through adjustable attachment while enabling heat exhaust by separating the members, preventing heat stagnation that would occur in a fully enclosed adjustable structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The second base member can be detached and removed from the first base member, extracting the enclosing portion that would trap heat. This allows the projector to maintain posture adjustability while preventing heat stagnation by removing the enclosing element when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

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

The solution enables efficient heat exhaust and ventilation for projectors, maintaining optimal performance across various projection angles and orientations.

Implementation Method 1

a first opening in the first region. The plate material includes a second opening in the second region

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectVentilation: Convection

Data Source

PatentUS12619136B2Display apparatus supporting stand and projection system
Publication Date: 2026.05.05 SEIKO EPSON CORP
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AI summary

A display apparatus supporting stand includes a fixing part configured to fix a display apparatus including a vent hole used for ventilation, and a plate material configured to support the fixing part in at least one of a first posture and a second posture. The plate material includes a first region opposed to the vent hole of the display apparatus when the display apparatus is fixed to the fixing part and the fixing part is in the first posture. The plate material includes a second region opposed to the vent hole of the display apparatus when the display apparatus is fixed to the fixing part and the fixing part is in the second posture. The plate material includes a first opening in the first region. The plate material includes a second opening in the second region.