Soundbar Mounting Bracket with Vibration Decoupling to Preserve Volume
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional audio and video component mounting systems compromise soundbar volume and aesthetics by requiring decoupling of loudspeaker units, which reduces sound pressure and visibility, and fail to provide a unified, adjustable, and versatile installation solution for various screen sizes and stands.
Innovation Solution
A bracket system with resilient sleeves on mounting studs and a common engagement member for acoustical decoupling and versatile mounting, allowing for adjustable and aesthetically integrated assemblies of soundbars, screens, and stands, using a main load carrying profile with studs and rods, and a video screen mounting system with adjustable brackets and VESA-standard holes for precise alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If loudspeaker units are decoupled from the soundbar housing using acoustical de-coupling means, then vibrations are prevented from traveling to the screen and floor stand, but the soundbar's volume is reduced and sound pressure is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is extracted as a separate component from the soundbar housing, allowing the loudspeaker units to be mounted on the bracket rather than directly in the housing. This removes the need for internal acoustical de-coupling means within the soundbar volume, preventing vibrations from traveling to the screen and floor stand while preserving the full soundbar volume for sound production.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket acts as an intermediary between the loudspeaker units and the soundbar housing. It provides a separate mounting structure that prevents direct vibration transmission to the housing, screen, and floor stand, while allowing the soundbar to maintain its full internal volume for acoustic purposes.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If acoustical de-coupling means and internal speaker cabinet walls are added to the soundbar housing, then vibrations are isolated, but the available volume of the soundbar housing is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting function is extracted from the soundbar housing and placed in a separate mounting bracket. This eliminates the need for internal speaker cabinet walls and acoustical de-coupling means within the housing, preserving the full available volume of the soundbar housing for sound production while still achieving vibration isolation through the separate bracket structure.
3Reliability
If attachment means for mounting the soundbar to a stand are added, then the soundbar can be securely mounted, but the overall volume of the soundbar is reduced and the design is not visually integrated
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting attachment means are extracted from the soundbar housing and placed in a separate mounting bracket. This allows secure mounting to stands while preserving the full soundbar volume and enabling the attachment means to be positioned away from the soundbar's visual appearance, achieving both mounting reliability and visual integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket serves as an intermediary that provides secure mounting functionality without compromising the soundbar's volume or visual design. The bracket can be positioned and configured to ensure stable mounting while remaining visually separate from the soundbar housing.
4Reliability
If a stand with legs is designed to support the soundbar, then the soundbar can be mounted, but extra volume is required in the device for the stand components
Solution Approach 1:
The stand components (legs, mounting mechanisms) are extracted as separate elements from the soundbar device itself. The mounting bracket provides attachment points for the stand, but the stand components do not occupy volume within the soundbar housing, preserving the full device volume while maintaining support capability.
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 effectively decouples vibrations, maximizes soundbar volume for sound pressure, and provides a unified, adjustable, and aesthetically integrated installation for various components, ensuring loud sound emission without environmental interference and maintaining a cohesive design.
Implementation Method 1
the bracket comprises a main load carrying profile, the profile having a first longitudinal extent, from which main load carrying profile one or more mounting studs extend... provided with resilient sleeves... effectively decouples vibrations
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AI summary
A bracket suitable to be connected to an audio or an audio and video installation is provided. The bracket includes a main load carrying profile having a first longitudinal extent, from which one or more mounting studs extend, wherein the mounting studs are fastened to the main load carrying profile and suitable to engage and carry the audio installation, and further are provided with resilient sleeves, wherein the one or more mounting studs are arranged perpendicular to, and extending away from the first longitudinal extent, wherein the main load carrying profile in a distal end is provided with an engagement member, and wherein the engagement member has coupling means suitable to engage and fix the bracket to a floor, wall, or table stand. Furthermore, a method of coupling a soundbar together with the bracket and a stand and optionally a screen is provided.