Universal Attaching Member for Display Speaker Box Mounting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display units face challenges in reducing the cost of components while improving user usability, particularly in configurations that require removable speaker boxes, which often result in increased costs due to the need for separate attaching members for different attachment surfaces.

Innovation Solution

A display unit design where a single type of attaching member is used for both side and rear surface attachments of the speaker box, allowing for versatile usage aspects such as stationary and wall-hanging types, while omitting unnecessary components and reducing material costs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If separate attaching members are used for side surface and rear surface attachments, then attachment versatility is improved, but device complexity and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveattachment versatilityVSAvoidnumber of attaching members

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies universality by designing a single attaching member that can be used for both side surface and rear surface attachments. The attaching member includes a body with a through-hole and a recess that can accommodate different mounting configurations, allowing one component to serve multiple attachment purposes rather than requiring separate specialized components for each surface.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple types of attaching members are provided for different surfaces, then attachment flexibility is improved, but manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveattachment flexibilityVSAvoidmanufacturing cost

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The attaching member is designed as a universal component with a specific structure including a body, through-hole, and recess that enables it to be used for both side and rear surface attachments. This eliminates the need to manufacture multiple different types of attaching members, thereby reducing manufacturing costs while maintaining attachment flexibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The attaching member is segmented into functional portions (body, through-hole, recess) that can adapt to different mounting scenarios. This segmentation allows a single component to be configured for different attachment surfaces without requiring completely different components, reducing the overall number of parts needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9509938B2Display unit

Publication Date: 2016.11.29 SATURN LICENSING LLC

AI summary

A display unit includes: a main body section including a first front surface, a first rear surface, and a first side surface; one or a plurality of speaker boxes each including one or a plurality of speaker units and a housing containing the one or a plurality of speaker units, the one or a plurality of speaker boxes being selectively attachable with respect to one of the first side surface and the first rear surface in the main body section; and one or a plurality of attaching members commonly used for both at the time of attaching the one or a plurality of speaker boxes to the first side surface and at the time of attaching the one or a plurality of speaker boxes to the first rear surface.