Vehicle Display Mounting Bracket With Orthogonal Pivots
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Solution Overview
Problem
Parents in motor vehicles face difficulty observing children restrained in rearward-facing seats due to the typical location and orientation of display devices, which are often positioned behind and above younger children, making it hard for them to view the screen until they are older and facing forward.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle display system with a mounting bracket having orthogonal pivots and a swivel mount with locking tabs, allowing the display device to be rotated and locked at various angles and positions on the interior headliner, ensuring visibility for both rearward and forward-facing occupants across multiple seating rows.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display device is mounted in the headliner behind the first seating row in a rearward facing overhead orientation, then the display device can be deployed in a compact space, but rearward-facing children in the second seating row cannot view the screen
Solution Approach 1:
The display device incorporates a swivel mount with orthogonal pivots that enable dynamic repositioning of the display screen. The first pivot allows rotation about a first axis, and the second pivot allows rotation about a second axis perpendicular to the first, enabling the display to be oriented in multiple directions including forward and rearward facing positions, thus making it viewable by occupants in different seating configurations
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system is designed to serve multiple functions: it can position the display for forward-facing occupants, rearward-facing occupants, and provide flexible positioning for various seating arrangements. The universal mounting bracket with orthogonal pivots and locking mechanism enables a single display device to accommodate diverse viewing needs across different occupant configurations
2Ease of manufacture
If the display device is positioned above and behind rearward-facing children, then it can be mounted in the headliner, but the children cannot observe the screen
Solution Approach 1:
The display device uses a dynamic mounting system with swivel mounts and orthogonal pivots that allow the display screen to be rotated and repositioned after installation. This enables the display to be oriented downward or rearward to be visible to children in rearward-facing seats, while maintaining the ease of headliner mounting through the standardized bracket and locking mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of positioning the display in the conventional forward-facing overhead orientation, the system allows the display to be inverted or rotated to face rearward and downward, making it visible to children in rearward-facing child restraint seats while still being mounted in the headliner
3Device complexity
If the display device is mounted in a fixed position on the headliner, then the mounting structure is simple, but the display cannot be viewed by occupants in multiple seating rows
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure incorporates swivel mounts with orthogonal pivots that enable the display device to be rotated about two perpendicular axes. The first pivot enables rotation about a first axis, and the second pivot enables rotation about a second axis perpendicular to the first, allowing the display to be positioned and oriented for viewing by occupants in multiple seating rows and columns while maintaining a relatively simple locking mechanism
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AI summary
A vehicle display system presents a display device in a motor vehicle provided with multiple seating positions and an interior headliner. The vehicle display system comprises a display device, a display device mounting bracket attached to the display device, the mounting bracket having a pair of pivots, each of the pivots being orthogonal to the other, and a plurality of mounting positions provided on the motor vehicle interior headliner. The display device is viewable by any one or any combination of a rearward facing second seating row occupant, a forward facing second seating row occupant, and a forward facing third seating row occupant.