Retractable Display Panel with Rigid-Chain Drive Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display devices lack the ability to embed or withdraw a display panel from a structure easily and stably, limiting their flexibility and design possibilities.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a cover module that includes a storage space for a display panel, which can be partially or fully embedded or withdrawn using a first driving system featuring a first rigid chain, allowing for simplified operation and stable raising or lowering of the display panel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a display panel is made embeddable in a structure, then flexibility and design options are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is divided into separate functional modules: a cover module with storage space, a display panel, and a driving system with rigid chains. This segmentation allows the display panel to be independently embedded or withdrawn, providing flexibility without requiring the entire device to be complex.
Solution Approach 2:
The display panel is designed to be nested within the cover module's storage space when not in use. The rigid chains are stored within the cover module structure, allowing the display panel to be compactly embedded while maintaining the capability for easy withdrawal when needed.
2Ease of operation
If a driving system is added to enable embedding/withdrawing, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The driving system with rigid chains serves multiple functions: it enables both embedding and withdrawing operations, provides stable movement control, and maintains the display panel in various positions. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate mechanisms for each operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The rigid chains act as intermediary elements between the motor assembly and the display panel, translating rotational motion into linear embedding/withdrawing motion. This intermediary mechanism simplifies the overall operation while maintaining controlled, stable movement.
3Reliability
If rigid chains are used for stable movement, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rigid chains are integrated with the cover module structure, merging the support function into the existing framework. This combination provides stable movement support without requiring separate, complex support structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The rigid chain mechanism uses a proven, reliable design pattern that can be replicated and integrated into the cover module. This approach leverages established mechanical principles for reliable movement while avoiding the need to develop complex new mechanisms.
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AI summary
A display device includes a cover module having a storage space therein, a display panel configured to be at least partially disposed inside the storage space or withdrawn outside the storage space, and a first driving system configured to embed the display panel into the cover module or withdraw the display panel from the cover module in a first direction, wherein the first driving system includes a first rigid chain.