Wall-Avoiding Self-Balancing Mount for Flat Panel Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current flat panel display mounting devices often result in collisions with the wall surface during positioning, leading to unsightly marks or damage, and do not effectively allow for optimal viewing angles due to glare and oblique viewing issues.
Innovation Solution
A mounting device comprising a support structure with an extendable arm assembly, pivot column, and tilt head assembly, which allows for rotational positioning about both vertical and horizontal axes, ensuring the display remains balanced and avoids wall contact by maintaining a consistent distance from the wall surface during tilting and swinging motions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the display is positioned at oblique angles for optimal viewing quality, then viewing quality is improved, but the display edges may collide with the wall surface causing damage or unsightly marks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (the mounting device with articulated arms and guide structures) between the display and the wall. This intermediary controls the display's movement path, ensuring that during tilting to oblique angles for optimal viewing, the display edges follow a controlled trajectory that prevents contact with the wall surface, thus eliminating collision damage while maintaining viewing quality adjustments
2Reliability
If the display is tilted to achieve best viewing quality at ninety degree angles, then viewing quality is improved, but the display may become unbalanced and difficult to position
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the equipotentiality principle by designing the mounting device with a self-balancing mechanism that uses gravity compensation. The counterweight system creates equipotential positions at various tilt angles, allowing the display to be easily positioned and held at any angle including the optimal ninety-degree viewing angle without requiring continuous manual support or complex motorized systems
3Shape
If the display is mounted close to the wall for aesthetic appeal and minimal space usage, then aesthetic appeal and space efficiency are improved, but the display cannot be tilted without risking wall contact
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction by introducing another dimension of movement through its articulated arm mechanism. The display can maintain a constant distance from the wall in the perpendicular dimension while tilting in the angular dimension. The guide structures ensure that during tilting, the display edges follow a path that maintains consistent clearance from the wall surface, enabling full tilting range without compromising the aesthetic close-to-wall mounting
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AI summary
A device for mounting an electronic display to a wall includes a support structure operably connected to a tilt head assembly and a display interface structure. The support structure includes an arm assembly that can be extended and rotated so that the electronic display avoids contacting the wall. The tilt head assembly includes an attachment member, guide structures for tilting the electronic display so that the electronic display remains self-balancing, and a plate for positioning the guide structures. The display interface structure facilitates attachment of the attachment member to the electronic display.