Motorized Screw Driver for Sliding Display Module

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display devices face defects when their modules expand or contract, affecting reliability and user experience.

Innovation Solution

A slidable display device design featuring a display module with a first and second area, a case, and a driver system comprising motors and screws to control the expansion and contraction, utilizing a sliding module and elastic members to manage the display module's state changes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a flexible display module is used to enable expansion and contraction, then adaptability and user convenience are improved, but reliability deteriorates due to defects generated during expansion and contraction operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay size adaptabilityVSAvoidoperational reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the Dynamics principle by implementing a motorized driving system with screws that enables precise and controlled dynamic adjustment of the display module between expanded and contracted states. The motor-driven mechanism ensures smooth transitions and stable positioning at each state, reducing operational defects and improving reliability while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements the Feedback principle through a driver system that controls the motor to accurately manage the expansion and contraction of the display module. The driver receives control signals and provides feedback control to ensure precise positioning and stable operation, thereby reducing defects and improving the reliability of the display module during state transitions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If a motorized driver system with screws is implemented to control expansion and contraction, then reliability is improved by reducing defects, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational reliabilityVSAvoiddriver system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the Universality principle by designing a driver system where the motor and screw mechanism serve multiple functions: driving the expansion and contraction of the display module, positioning the display at precise locations, and maintaining stable operation during transitions. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby improving reliability without proportionally increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of operation

If the display module is made flexible and foldable to improve portability, then ease of operation is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates due to defects during expansion and contraction

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveportabilityVSAvoiddisplay module precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the Dynamics principle by using a motorized screw mechanism to dynamically control the expansion and contraction of the flexible display module. This controlled dynamic adjustment ensures that the display transitions smoothly between states with precise positioning, maintaining manufacturing precision while preserving the ease of operation and portability benefits of flexible displays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

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 reduces defects during expansion and contraction, enhances reliability by using motors and screws, and improves user convenience by maintaining a flat state through elastic forces.

Implementation Method 1

a first motor fixed to the case and a first screw coupled to the first motor and extending in one side in a first direction

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic conversion: Electromagnetic Induction

Implementation Method 2

a first screw coupled to the first motor and extending in one side in a first direction, a second driving module including a second motor coupled to the first screw and moving in a direction closer to or farther away from the first motor due to a rotating operation of the first screw

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectScrew mechanism: Screw

Data Source

PatentUS11644867B2Display device
Publication Date: 2023.05.09 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

A display device including a display module having a first area exposed to an outside in a first state and a second state and a second area defined adjacent to the first area and exposed to the outside in the second state, a case accommodating the display module, and a driver controlling the first state and the second state of the display module. The driver includes a first driving module fixed to the case, a second driving module coupled to the first driving module, and a sliding module coupled to the second driving module and moving in a direction closer to or farther away from the second motor according to a rotation of the second screw.