Touchscreen Display Panel Assembly With Sliding Preload Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing assemble structures for display panels in electrical appliances face manufacturing and mounting challenges, along with high costs, due to complex multi-piece mechanisms and inadequate alignment with transparent covers.
Innovation Solution
A simplified assemble structure featuring a recess-shaped cavity for the display panel, a transparent plate for aesthetic protection, connection elements for secure mounting, and a stress member to apply outward force, allowing the panel to slide and maintain contact with the plate for optimal viewing and ease of assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a multi-piece mechanism is used for the display panel assembly, then the structural complexity increases, but manufacturing and mounting costs increase and difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional components into a single integrated display panel assembly structure. The display panel, transparent cover plate, and mounting components are merged into one unit that can be installed as a single piece, eliminating the need for complex multi-piece mechanisms while maintaining structural integrity and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The display panel assembly is designed to perform multiple functions within a single structure: it provides display functionality, protects the touch screen, ensures proper alignment with the transparent cover, and facilitates easy mounting. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate components for each function, reducing overall complexity.
2Manufacturing precision
If the panel position is not properly aligned with the transparent cover, then the viewing quality deteriorates, but manufacturing and mounting become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The display panel assembly is pre-aligned with the transparent cover plate during manufacturing, ensuring proper positioning before installation. The integrated design includes pre-positioned mounting features and alignment references that guarantee correct alignment when the assembly is installed, eliminating the need for complex alignment procedures during mounting.
Solution Approach 2:
The display panel is nested within the transparent cover plate structure, with the panel positioned inside a recess or cavity formed in the cover. This nesting arrangement ensures automatic alignment and proper positioning, as the panel fits precisely within the predetermined space of the cover plate.
3Reliability
If a complex multi-piece mechanism is used, then the assembly reliability improves, but the manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional components into a single integrated display panel assembly structure. The display panel, transparent cover plate, and mounting components are merged into one unit that can be installed as a single piece, eliminating the need for complex multi-piece mechanisms while maintaining structural integrity and reliability.
4Stability of the object's composition
If the panel is rigidly fixed, then the mounting stability improves, but the ease of mounting deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure incorporates dynamic elements that allow for easy installation and removal while maintaining stable operation once mounted. The connection elements are designed to provide firm fixation during use but can be easily disassembled when needed, balancing stability with ease of maintenance and replacement.
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
This structure facilitates easy and cost-effective mounting of display panels, ensuring proper alignment and contact between the panel and transparent plate, reducing manufacturing complexity and costs while enhancing aesthetic appeal and usability.
Implementation Method 1
at least one stress member which leans to the back surface of the panel and to the inner surface of the cavity and applies force to the panel outwardly
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AI summary
The electrical appliance (A) of the invention comprises a display panel (3) in the form of a touch screen; a recess-shaped cavity (2) in the body (1) into which the panel (3) is placed; a transparent plate (4) that covers the front of the panel (3). The appliance (A) is provided with at least one connection element (5) which both engages with a hole (7) on the panel (3) and is fixed in a mounting slot (6) in the cavity (2); at least one stress member (10) which leans to back surface (11) of the panel (3) and to the inner surface (12) of the cavity (2) and which applies force to the panel (3) in outward direction (-X). The panel (3) can be slid inwardly-outwardly (+X, -X) on the connection element (5), and the back surface (14) of the plate (4) rests on the front surface (13) of the panel (3) in the mounted state of the plate (4) to the appliance (A).