Removable Display Cover Segmentation for User Personalization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information handling systems (IHS) face challenges in personalization, as manufacturing in high volumes makes customization costly and inflexible, particularly with display covers that are structurally rigid and require professional disassembly or increase the overall thickness and cost when personalized.
Innovation Solution
A removable display cover design that allows decoupling from the display bezel without disassembling the display assembly, using a display bezel with coupling members and a carrier sheet that can be easily swapped, enabling user-driven personalization without damaging components or increasing cost.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display cover is personalized before manufacture of the display assembly, then customization is achieved, but flexibility for users is lost and professional intervention is required for changes
Solution Approach 1:
The display assembly is segmented into separate components: the display unit and the display cover are decoupled. The display cover can be independently removed and replaced by users without affecting the display assembly, enabling flexible personalization while maintaining ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the display assembly is disassembled to replace the display cover, then personalization is achieved, but time and cost increase and damage risk to components occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The display cover is designed as a separate, independently replaceable component that interfaces with the display assembly through a simplified coupling mechanism. Users can remove and replace the display cover without disassembling the display assembly, eliminating time-consuming professional intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The display cover is designed as a replaceable component that can be easily swapped out. Multiple display covers can be manufactured at low cost with different personalization options, allowing users to change covers frequently without significant time or financial investment.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a personalized changeable cover is coupled to the display assembly on top of the display cover, then personalization is achieved, but overall cost and thickness of the IHS increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display cover itself is made replaceable rather than adding a separate layer on top. The coupling mechanism between the display cover and display assembly is designed to allow direct replacement of the cover, maintaining the original thickness profile of the device.
4Strength
If the display cover is made structurally rigid to form a display assembly, then structural integrity is maintained, but ease of customization is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display assembly is divided into the structurally rigid display unit and the separately replaceable display cover. The coupling mechanism provides sufficient structural integrity when assembled while allowing easy separation for customization purposes.
Data Source
AI summary
A display assembly includes a display bezel. A display is mounted to the display bezel. A display cable is coupled to the display. A display cover is coupled to the display bezel such that the display cover is operable to be decoupled from the display bezel while the display remains mounted to the display bezel and the display cable remains coupled to the display. The display cover may then be removed and personalized or replaced with a personalized display cover quickly and easily.