Straight Guide Path Mounting Bracket for Flat Panel Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional flat-panel television mounting systems experience slippage and binding issues due to curved slots, making precise positioning and adjustment difficult, and are prone to damaging sensitive devices, while alternative solutions like arc-shaped glides are costly and wear-prone.
Innovation Solution
A self-balancing mounting system using substantially straight guide paths between a mounting bracket and an adapter bracket, with carrier mechanisms oriented perpendicular to the direction of travel, creating a 'scissoring' action to prevent sliding and ensure smooth movement, and incorporating a friction member for adjustable resistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If curved slots are used to form a rotatable connection between mounting bracket and support bracket, then the mounting system allows tilting movement, but the rolling pins can slip during tilting causing abrupt non-smooth movement and potential device damage
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using curved slots that cause rolling pin slippage, the patent inverts the approach by using substantially straight guide paths with carrier mechanisms. This inversion of the conventional curved slot design eliminates the slippage problem while maintaining the tilting functionality, directly resolving the contradiction between adaptability and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the geometric parameter of the guide paths from curved to substantially straight. This parameter change transforms the movement mechanism from rolling pins in curved slots to carriers along straight paths, eliminating the slippage issue and ensuring smooth, controlled tilting movement throughout the range of motion.
2Adaptability or versatility
If curved slots with rolling pins are used, then tilting movement is enabled, but gravity can cause rolling pins to fall within slots causing the system to bind
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional design by replacing curved slots with substantially straight guide paths. This inversion prevents gravity from causing the carriers to fall and bind within the paths, while maintaining full tilting capability. The straight geometry ensures carriers remain properly positioned throughout the tilting range.
Solution Approach 2:
The carrier mechanisms serve as intermediaries between the mounting bracket and support bracket. These carriers travel along substantially straight guide paths, mediating the tilting movement while preventing the binding issue that occurs with rolling pins in curved slots. The carriers ensure smooth operation throughout the adjustment range.
3Area of stationary object
If conventional tube televisions are mounted, then floor space can be saved by wall mounting, but the mounting systems require professional installation and are difficult to access and adjust due to height
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system incorporates features that enable user-friendly installation and adjustment. The substantial weight capacity and straightforward mounting mechanism allow consumers to install and adjust the television themselves without requiring professional installation services, making the system accessible to typical users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the mounting system's capacity parameter to support substantial weights (e.g., 100 pounds or more), enabling it to safely hold flat-panel televisions at various heights including lower positions that are easier to access and adjust, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining space-saving wall mounting benefits.
4Reliability
If arc-shaped glides are used in place of rolling pins, then slippage is prevented, but manufacturing cost increases and assembly difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than modifying the rolling pins to use arc-shaped glides (which increases complexity), the patent inverts the approach by using substantially straight guide paths with simple carrier mechanisms. This inversion achieves slippage prevention through geometry rather than complex components, maintaining ease of manufacture and assembly while ensuring reliable operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides stable, smooth, and precise tilting of flat-panel displays, reducing the risk of damage and simplifying adjustments, while being cost-effective and durable.
Implementation Method 1
Additionally, gravity can, on occasion, cause the rolling pins to fall within the slots
Implementation Method 2
carrier mechanisms are used to effectuate a smooth, rolling connection between the mounting bracket and the adapter bracket
Data Source
AI summary
An improved adjustable mounting system for mounting a flat panel display to a surface. A mounting bracket is configured to attach to the surface, while an adapter bracket is operatively connected to the mounting bracket and is configured to operatively connect to the flat panel display. At least one carrier mechanism operatively connects the mounting bracket and the adapter bracket, the first carrier mechanism positioned with a set of substantially straight guide paths or surfaces to couple the adapter bracket to the mounting bracket. When the flat panel display is operatively connected to the adapter bracket and the mounting bracket is attached to the surface, the flat panel display is generally selectively rotatably positionable about an axis substantially parallel to the surface as a result of the interaction of the first carrier mechanism with the set of substantially straight guide paths or surfaces.