Angular Patents (Class 248/922)

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Tilting (Class 248/923)
  • Patent number: 8251325
    Abstract: A rotatably adjustable mounting bracket for attachment to a display device and a mounting system affixable to mount surface and providing rotational adjustability of the attached display about an axis substantially perpendicular to the principal plane of the display device. The device mounting bracket including at least one set of openings comprising a plurality of openings located in the plate to substantially align with mounting holes located on the display device. Each of the openings having an adjustment portion adapted to receive a portion of the display device fastener attached to the display device and moveable within the adjustment portion to permit rotational movement of the display device relative to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Peerless Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel E. Molter
  • Patent number: 8235335
    Abstract: There is provided a multi-display device capable of displaying the entity of an image even in a case of a large image to be displayed, and capable of changing a horizontally long image screen to a vertically long image screenor vice versa by utilizing no mechanism for rotating, by 90 degrees, a display section and any specific soft therefor. For this purpose, the multi-display device is characterized by arranging a plurality of basic displays each having a function as a display in at least either one of vertical direction and horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Inventors: Norikazu Sato, Osamu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8220759
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a portion (12) having an operation portion, a pedestal (20) which holds the main-body base portion (12) so as to be tiltable, a hook (31) which fixes the main-body base portion (12) in a tilting state at plural predetermined angles, a tooth row (224) which has teeth and engages with the hook (31) to fix the main-body base portion (12) in the tilting state at plural predetermined angles, a cam (33) which moves within the main-body base portion (12) in accordance with the tilt angle of the main-body base portion (12), and a cam control groove (226) which controls the movement of the cam (33), wherein when the hook (31) moves over the tooth at the uppermost step of the tooth row (224), the hook rides on the cam (33) thereby to release the engagement with the tooth row (224), then the hook moves downward in a state of riding on the cam (33), then the main-body base portion (12) releases the tilting and moves downward to restore to an initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Shimotoso
  • Patent number: 8196875
    Abstract: An exemplary support stand includes a base, a connecting assembly, a support bracket, two first hinge assemblies, and two second hinge assemblies. The connecting assembly is arranged between the base and the support bracket. The first hinge assemblies rotatably connect the connecting assembly to the base. The second hinge assemblies rotatably connect the connecting assembly to the support bracket. The connecting assembly comprises a connecting bracket and a connecting plate partially received in the connecting bracket. The connecting plate, the connecting bracket, one first hinge assembly, and one second hinge assembly form a quadrangle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Huang Lien, Zheng-Yong Tang, Hai-Ping Jiang
  • Patent number: 8199472
    Abstract: An exemplary flat panel display includes a seat, a connection member, and a display module. The seat includes a supporting member having a first engaging portion at a top end thereof, and the first engaging portion includes two pins and two fixing holes. The connection member includes two fixing components. The display module is mounted on the supporting member, and includes a second engaging portion having two positioning slots. The pins of the first engaging portion are received in the second engaging portion, the fixing components are fixed in the fixing holes via the positioning slots, and the positioning slots provide paths for the fixing components when the display module is rotated about the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Rui-Ye Shen, Su-Sheng Mong, Te-Hsu Wang
  • Patent number: 8146869
    Abstract: A base structure can support a monitor. A fixed portion is firmly disposed on the rear casing of the monitor and contains at least one slide rail. A slide portion can move up and down the slide rail. A spring is linked to the fixed portion and the slide portion. One end of the push bar is pivotally linked to the slide portion. A first stand is firmly disposed on the rear casing. A second stand is pivotally linked to the first stand. Another end of the push bar is pivotally linked to the second stand. In this manner, the monitor may adjust the expanding angle of the second stand so as to place the monitor on the desk or hang the monitor on the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: TPV Electronics (Fujian) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiao Wang, Lixia Wang, Wen-Hsiung Huang
  • Patent number: 8141206
    Abstract: A two-stage torsion pivot hinge including an axle connected with a base and having a shaft mounted thereon with a bush for a spring tube. The bush forms a first and a second protrusion element respectively extending out of its two ends. The spring tube is fixedly connected with a supporting member and is provided with two torsion sleeves respectively on the two ends of the bush. Each torsion sleeve has an axial cut and has two contact elements extending respectively toward the two ends of the bush. The contact elements respectively interfere with the first and the second protrusion elements. By the function between the torsion sleeve and the bush, the pivot hinge can provide different torsion forces for the stroke of rotating the screen from its closed position to a vertical angular position and for the stroke from the vertical position to its maximum opening angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Lianhong Art Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Hui Chen, Jih-Nan Tai, Chia-Ming Chang, Tzu-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 8118273
    Abstract: In a display, a housing is formed rotatably in an anteroposterior direction with respect to a base member about a rotation center provided above a bottom of the housing, and a projecting portion and a recess portion are so formed as to substantially block up a horizontal clearance formed between the housing and the base member in an anteroposterior rotational range of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shingo Hamada
  • Patent number: 8087628
    Abstract: A fixing mechanism includes a housing, a clamping component installed on the housing for clamping a display, a driving component connected to the clamping component for driving the clamping component in a first direction, and an elastic component installed inside the housing and connected to the driving component for providing an elastic force to the driving component in a second direction so that the clamping component is capable of clamping the display in a horizontal direction and a perpendicular direction. The first direction and the second direction are different from the horizontal direction and the perpendicular direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Dong-Ying Chen, Hung-Chang Huang
  • Patent number: 8081432
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flat panel display device. A flat panel display device includes a display panel, a stand, and a multi-angle adjusting device. The multi-angle adjusting device includes a first shell fixed on the stand, a second shell cooperatively defining a receiving space with the first shell, a holder, a first motor, a second motor, and a third motor. The holder, the first, the second, and the third motors are received in the receiving space. The first motor is connected between the first shell and the holder, and rotates the holder about a first direction along the stand. The second motor is connected between the holder and the second shell, and moves about a second direction perpendicular to the first direction relative to the first shell. The third motor is connected between the second shell and the display panel, and rotates about a third direction which is perpendicular to the first and second directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Li, Hua Jiang
  • Patent number: 8070115
    Abstract: An exemplary support stand (102) for a flat-panel display body includes an elevating support (30), a monitor bracket (50), and a support member (20). The elevating support includes a first chassis (321), a second chassis (322), a plurality of supporting blocks (3231) for connecting end portions of the first chassis and the second chassis, an elastic member (391), a first pivot subassembly (305), and a second pivot subassembly (306). The monitor bracket is rotatably connected to the first pivot subassembly. The support member is rotatably connected to the second pivot subassembly. The elastic member is capable of exerting a rebound force on two of the first chassis, the second chassis, and the supporting blocks. The first and second pivot subassemblies are fixed to the supporting blocks. The monitor bracket and the support member are rotatably connected to the first and second pivot subassembly correspondingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Xin Wang, Jian Li, Zhi-Guo Sun
  • Patent number: 8047487
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display main body displaying a picture, and a base supporting the display main body about an installation surface. The display apparatus further includes a tilting unit provided between the display main body and the base and allowing the display main body to be tilted about the base; a pivoting unit provided between the display main body and the tilting unit and allowing the display main body to be pivoted about the base; a lifting unit provided between the tilting unit and the base and allowing the display main body to move up and down about the base; and a swiveling unit coupled to the base and allowing the display main body to be swiveled about the installation surface. With this configuration, the present invention provides a display apparatus of which a display main body not only rotates about a base in various directions, but also moves up and down about the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-sung Hwang, Byung-jo Kang
  • Patent number: 8047488
    Abstract: A support stand includes a supporting leg and a hinge subassembly. The supporting leg includes a connecting portion. The hinge subassembly includes a shaft and a leaf rotatably sleeved on the shaft. The shaft has a connecting portion engaging with the connecting portion of the supporting leg. One of the connecting portions of the supporting leg and the shaft is a connecting slot, and the other one of the connecting portions of the supporting leg and the shaft is a protrusion engaged in the connecting slot, thus fixing the shaft to the supporting leg. A friction is created between the shaft and the leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Xin Wang, Chao-Zhong Fu
  • Patent number: 8050018
    Abstract: A center section of the upper edge of the rotation member which is rotatable with friction with respect to a first housing in an arrow direction A-A by using, as a rotation shaft, a first shaft which forms a rotation shaft in parallel with a rear edge of the first housing, and a center section of a lower edge of a second housing which is openable and closable with respect to the first housing in the arrow direction A-A and which is rotatable in an arrow direction B-B in an opened state, are connected to each other rotatably in the arrow direction B-B a the second shaft which is perpendicular to the first shaft, and which, when the second housing is in a vertically opened state, is inclined at 45° in a direction in which the second shaft is tilted forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Tomohiro Takizawa
  • Patent number: 8035957
    Abstract: A monitor apparatus includes a monitor main body displayed with an image, a base to support the monitor main body, a lower link having an end coupled to a base hinge to tilt with respect to the base, an upper link having an end coupled to a monitor hinge to tilt with respect to the monitor main body, and a middle link having a first side tiltably coupled to a first middle hinge with respect to the lower link and a second side tiltably coupled to a second middle hinge with respect to the upper link to control the upper link and the lower link to be folded in parallel. The monitor apparatus provides a various angle change of the monitor main body, and a packing volume of the monitor apparatus is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun-su Jung
  • Patent number: 7984888
    Abstract: A supporting device of a display unit includes a stationary bracket securable to a wall, a body coupling device to mount a body of the display unit thereto, and a plurality of connecting devices to connect the stationary bracket with the body coupling device, each connecting device having first and second ends thereof coupled to the stationary bracket and the body coupling device, respectively, to rotate in left and right directions, and having at least one point between the first and second ends thereof to bend in the left and right directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Hoo Park
  • Patent number: 7967260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a supporting structure having function of rod-linkage latching which comprises a connecting unit, a base seat, a base seat hinge, a main hinge, at least one rod-linkage mechanism and at least one rod-linkage latching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Jarllytec Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Tsun Hsu
  • Patent number: 7954777
    Abstract: An alignment unit, which is of simple and robust design and can be adjusted well, for directional radios, in particular directional radio antennas, is distinguished by two attachment brackets, which are articulated on a common centre part such that they can pivot about two mutually orthogonal swivel axes, as well as two operating units for separate adjustment and fixing of the pivoting angle of the two attachment brackets relative to the centre part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Huber+Suhner AG
    Inventors: Daniel Bohm, Romeo Premerlani
  • Patent number: 7950613
    Abstract: A low profile moveable mounting system for mounting a device to a surface. According to various embodiments, a surface bracket is operatively connected to a surface member attachable to a surface, one or more hinged translation assemblies are rotatably connected to the surface bracket and rotatably connected to a device bracket adapted for operative connection to a device, and a link member rotatably connected to the surface bracket and the device bracket. The moveable mounting system is selectively tiltable and moveable between an extended orientation, where the device bracket is displaced substantially perpendicular from the surface and a retracted orientation, where the device bracket is positionable proximate the surface. The moveable mounting system may be particularly adapted for mounting a flat panel display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Peerless Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Anderson, Garry Monaco, James Stemple
  • Patent number: 7934689
    Abstract: A display with an automatic locking device. The display includes a body, a support, and a sliding assembly. The support is connected to the body. The base connects with the support in a rotatable manner. The sliding assembly is movably disposed on the base in a manner such that the sliding assembly can move between a first position and a second position. When the sliding assembly is in the first position, the support is separated from the sliding assembly. When the sliding assembly is in second position, the support is engaged with the sliding assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: BenQ Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Chao Chiu, Wei-Shin Shiu
  • Patent number: 7905460
    Abstract: Improvements are provided for hubs for wall mounting systems for screens, and in particular to a hub for a wall mounting system for a flat panel screen, such as a plasma display or television screen, which enables the screen to be tilted. The hub comprises a casing, means for attaching the hub to a screen bracket, means for attaching the hub to an arm of a wall mount, and a tilt member. The tilt member has a sliding member which is located within an arcuate cavity in the casing such that the sliding member and casing are slidable relative to each other to enable a screen attached to the mounting system to be tilted about a horizontal pivot axis. The arc is defined by the cavity having its centre, which forms the pivot axis; offset from the centre of gravity of the screen. The hub further comprises a compression spring located within the casing and biased to provide a counterbalancing force so that the screen remains stationery in any position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Path Products Limited
    Inventors: Alan Woods, David Lees
  • Patent number: 7891622
    Abstract: An improved tilt mounting system for mounting flat panel televisions and similar devices or displays. In various embodiments, at least one mounting bracket includes a plurality of guide mechanisms that are adjustable in orientation relative to each other. When the guide mechanisms are adjusted, the angle between guide structures contained therein changes. As the angle between the guide structures increases, the mounting system becomes more suitable for larger devices or display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Peerless Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Dugan O'Keene
  • Patent number: 7891631
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a supporting structure, includes a retractable connecting unit, a bottom pivotal shaft device, a top pivotal shaft device and at least one linking device. The retractable connecting unit is that a slide engaging sheet is provided on top of a fixed engaging sheet, and an adjusting member is provided between the fixed and the slide engaging sheets, a bottom end and a top end are respectively provided at the bottom portion and the top portion of the retractable connecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Jarllytec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung-Ta Lee, Yu-Tsun Hsu
  • Patent number: 7874537
    Abstract: A swivel device includes a motor as a driving source, gears for transmitting a driving force of the motor, a ring member to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted, and a disk member made of a metal sheet to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted via the ring member. This disk member is integrally provided with eight boss portions that are arranged with equal spaces in the swivel direction. The ring member is integrally provided with a groove portion in a circular pattern into which the boss portions are inserted. In addition, the boss portions of the disk member are inserted in the groove portion of the ring member in a slidable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kameoka, Akihiro Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 7876552
    Abstract: A support structure for supporting a display panel includes a rotatable base, a first supporting assembly, a second supporting assembly, and a connecting portion. The first supporting assembly includes a first sleeve and a first connector moveably coupled to the first sleeve along a first direction. The first sleeve is fixed to the rotatable base. The second supporting assembly includes a second sleeve and a second connector moveably coupled to the second sleeve along a second direction. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. The second connector is slidably coupled to the display panel along a third direction. The third direction is perpendicular to a plane cooperatively defined by the first direction and the second direction. The connecting portion fixedly connects the first connector to the second sleeve. A display panel using the support structure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xin Guo
  • Patent number: 7866615
    Abstract: A display support device includes a connecting member and a lower tube. The connecting member is adapted to be mounted on a rear surface of a flat display, and includes an upper tube. The lower tube is disposed below the upper tube. One of the upper and lower tubes has an internally threaded portion, and the other of the upper and lower tubes has an externally threaded portion engaging the internally threaded portion to allow for rotation and therefore movement of the lower tube relative to the upper tube, which results in a change to the total length of the upper and lower tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Top Victory Investments Limited
    Inventors: Michael Hsuan, Bin Liu, Kaiml Lei
  • Patent number: 7866619
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a tiltable monitor for vehicles. The monitor includes a base, a rotating shaft having external threads and connected to a reversible motor, and a moving bar having a screw hole through which the rotating shaft is inserted. The moving bar is reciprocated along the rotating shaft as the rotating shaft rotates. The monitor further includes a display panel and a support arm which connects the display panel to the base. A front end portion of the display panel is pivotably coupled to the base by the medium of the moving bar acting as hinge shaft, and reciprocated together with the moving bar. A first end of the support arm is pivotably connected to a side portion of the display panel and a second end of the support arm is pivotably connected to the base. The tilting structure of the monitor is simple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Bu Geun Yeo
  • Patent number: 7854415
    Abstract: A support for an electronic display is provided. The support is movable through a panning motion by both manual manipulation and a motor. The support may include a clutch that facilitates both manual and motorized panning of the electronic display. The support is manually movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The support is also capable of supporting a relatively heavy load, such as a television or a computer monitor, and rotating the heavy load through a panning motion with a relatively small motor. The support may include a thrust bearing to facilitate panning of the heavy load. The support also includes a clutch that prevents stripping or damage of electrical components in the event panning motion is inhibited, such as by engagement of the electronic display with a wall. The support also includes a plurality of mechanical components that are removable as a single unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Peerless Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Holbrook, Sigurd A. Nelson, II, Tony J. Abfall, David M. Waskin
  • Patent number: 7835145
    Abstract: A portable computer includes a host, a supporting frame, a displayer, two latches and a drive member. The supporting frame is pivotally connected with the host and having a straight sliding slot and a curved sliding slot. The displayer has two sliding members, which are pivotally connected with the supporting frame and slidably connected with the straight sliding slot and the curved sliding slot respectively. The displayer is operable to rotate relative to the supporting frame by either one of the two sliding members as a pivot. The two latches are slidably connected with the supporting frame. The drive member is slidably connected with the two latches and operable to control where either one of the two latches is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Wen Chiang, Pao-Tung Weng, Lung-Fei Chiang
  • Patent number: 7828255
    Abstract: A supporting rack having a compensating mechanism includes a rack body, an action force compensating assembly, a transmission element and a supporting plate. The rack body has a base and support arms. The action force compensating assembly is provided in the rack body. The elastic element is firmly connected to the base. One end of the dragging piece is connected to the hooking plate. The rotating piece is provided on a distal end of the support arm. The other end of the dragging piece is connected to the rotating piece. One end of the transmission element is firmly connected to the rotating piece and pivoted on the support arm. Via the above arrangement, an appropriate force can be applied to the supporting plate. When the user intends to adjust the supporting plate, the elastic element can generate an effect for compensating the action force, thereby providing a better operation feeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Syncmold Enterprise Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Hui Yen, Chun-Lung Chen, Hung-Wei Chang
  • Patent number: 7828260
    Abstract: A support unit is provided for supporting reading material at a selected and convenient angle and height for facilitated viewing. The support unit is deployable between a collapsed and generally flat or two-dimensional non-deployed position, and a deployed position with a support platen at an adjustably selected angle and height for comfortable viewing. In one embodiment, the support platen is pivotally mounted onto a base plate for swinging movement between the non-deployed and deployed positions. In another embodiment, the support platen is pivotally mounted onto an intermediate bracket plate which is in turn pivotally mounted onto the base plate, wherein the bracket plate permits the support platen to be raised or lowered relative to the base plate with the support platen oriented in one of multiple angular settings relative to the bracket plate. The support platen and base plate may respectively incorporate a computer screen and a keyboard/processor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen G. Hauser, B. Richard Tarnutzer
  • Patent number: 7810773
    Abstract: A pivotal support arm structure has an elastic force adjustment arrangement in order to accommodate the various loads. One end of the support arm structure may be secured to the edge of a desk and the other end thereof may be secured to an article (e.g., LCD display) to be held in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventor: Ching-Chih Chi
  • Patent number: 7798460
    Abstract: An apparatus to support a display device main body to a ceiling includes a ceiling bracket connectable with the ceiling; a connecting bracket having a swivel hinge coupled with the ceiling bracket to enable the connecting bracket to swivel in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the ceiling bracket; and a supporting bracket to elastically support the display device main body to overcome a weight of the display device main body, the supporting bracket having a tilting hinge combined tiltably with the connecting bracket. Thus, an apparatus to support a display device in which swivel, pivot and tilt movements of the display device main body supported to a ceiling can be performed conveniently and the display device main body can be tilted by a relatively small force is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jue-ho Park
  • Patent number: 7789363
    Abstract: An exemplary support stand for a flat-panel display monitor, includes a monitor bracket, a rotatable bracket for fixing the monitor bracket, an elevating support, a support member, and a hinge assembly. The elevating support includes a first link bracket, a second link bracket, a plurality of supporting blocks for connecting end portions of the first link bracket and the second link bracket. One end portion of the first link bracket define a first restricting groove and one end portion of the second link bracket defining a second restricting groove corresponding to the first restricting groove. One of the supporting blocks includes a restricting pole. The first and second restricting grooves are configured for blocking the restricting pole. A first end of the elevating support is fixed to the support member; and a second end of the elevating support connects to the rotatable bracket by the hinge assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun-Wu Duan
  • Patent number: 7789354
    Abstract: An adjustable support mechanism (30) includes a fixed unit (70), an adjustable suspension unit (80) and a connecting unit (90). The adjustable suspension unit is slidably mounted on the fixed unit. The connecting unit is configured for connecting the fixed unit and the adjustable suspension unit. The connecting unit comprises a first elastic member (96) and an adjusting bracket (94). Opposite ends of the first elastic member are connected to the fixed unit and the adjustable suspension unit correspondingly. The adjusting bracket includes two rotary wheels (942, 945) and a coiling member (944) looped around the rotary wheels. The adjustable suspension unit is fixed to the coiling member. At least one of the rotary wheels is rotatable relative to the fixed unit to coil the coiling member around the rotary wheels, sliding the adjustable suspension unit relative to the fixed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Lin Gan, Yi-Xiong Wang, Jun-Wu Duan, Chang-Sheng Fan
  • Patent number: 7784758
    Abstract: A motorized mount system includes first and second mount brackets, where one or both of the mount brackets is motorized to pivot a monitor. The motorized bracket includes a motorized actuator system that releaseably engages with the monitor. The actuator system includes a moving block that releaseably pushes the monitor to tilt up, and uses the weight of the monitor to tilt down the monitor. The monitor can be separated with the moving block so that if a foreign object gets between the bottom end of the monitor and the wall, the foreign object needs to counteract the weight of the monitor but not the force due to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventors: Sung I. Oh, Ken Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7766297
    Abstract: A rotatable mechanism includes a U-shaped holding seat having left and right arm, a spring unit having a limiting stem received in a reception space defined between the right arm and a protection sheath extending from the left arm toward the right arm, a control shaft extending from the left arm toward the right arm and a torsion spring sleeved the control shaft to provide a torque, and a U-shaped holding frame fastened securely to the control shaft simultaneous rotation of the holding frame together with the spring unit with respect to the holding seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventor: Ting-Hui Chih
  • Patent number: 7766296
    Abstract: A wall mounting structure includes a display screen, a stand, and a base. The stand has an upper end connected to a rear surface of the display screen via a first hinge so as to enable the display screen to be rotated forward and backward. The base is fixed to a lower end of the stand and includes at least two rotatable mounting members formed on a lower part of the base. The rotatable mounting members enable the base to be detachably mounted on mounting brackets of a wall. The wall mounting structure enables a user to not only use a flat panel display on a table, but also to hang the flat panel display on mounting brackets fixed to a wall in an easy and simple manner without disassembling the display screen and the stand assembly from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Woo Choi, Jin Uk Baek
  • Patent number: 7748680
    Abstract: A stand for a display is provided. The stand can reduce a delivery volume of the display and can provide for adjustment of a rotation angle thereof during use. The stand may include a support connected to a lower portion of the display, a pivot block pivotably coupled to the support, a rear base connected to the pivot block, a swivel that pivotably couples the pivot block and the rear base, and a front base coupled to the rear base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Chi Young Choi
  • Patent number: 7742290
    Abstract: A portable computer, such as a tablet personal computer, is provided having a display screen, a transparent input panel, and a hinge. The hinge can secure the input panel over the display screen when in a closed position, or secure the input panel away from the display screen when in an opened position. At least one of the opposed first and second planar surfaces of the input panel are contact-sensitive. At least one of the first and second surfaces can also include a resistive film or a capacitive film. Transceivers can be mounted on the computer near the lateral extents of the input panel for measuring acoustic, magnetic, electromagnetic, or optical signals transmitted across a surface of the input panel to detect where an object is placed upon or near the input panel. The input panel can also accommodate a template containing a QWERTY keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Motion Computing, Inc.
    Inventor: H. Giray Kaya
  • Patent number: 7694920
    Abstract: An exemplary a display apparatus (2) includes a display panel (21) and a height adjusting device (25). The height adjusting device includes a base (26), a supporting member (27), a locking unit (30), and an elastic member (28). The display panel is fixed to the locking unit. The supporting member is fixed on the base. The supporting member includes two generally vertical friction grooves (2723, 2725). A depth of one of the friction grooves decreases with increasing height above the base, and a depth of the other friction groove increases with increasing height above the base. The locking unit is accommodated in the supporting member. The locking unit includes two sliders (33, 35) corresponding to the two friction grooves of the supporting member respectively. One of the sliders abuts a corresponding one of the friction grooves. The elastic member spans between the locking unit and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Innolux Display Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Huang Lien, Shi-Liang Li
  • Patent number: 7694922
    Abstract: Provided are a supporting apparatus for display devices and a display device having the same, which make it possible to simplify construction, compared to the conventional ones, to provide easier production and to reduce production costs, as well as to maintain uniform motion of a main body of the display device when adjusting a viewing angle of a display screen of the main body. The supporting apparatus for display devices includes a supporting bracket provided to a main body of the display device, a base supporting the main body, a stand coupled to the base at a lower portion thereof and to the supporting bracket at an upper portion thereof, and a joint rotatably connecting the upper portion of the stand and the supporting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Tai Kim
  • Patent number: 7694929
    Abstract: There is provided a stand for a display device. The stand includes a base unit supporting the display device. A main link unit is hinged between the display device and the base unit. A pair of auxiliary links is eccentrically connected to hinges of the main link unit at different positions. A torsion spring includes at least one end connected to the pair of auxiliary links for applying an elastic force to the pair of auxiliary links. The main link unit has a smaller thickness, and thus the size of the stand can be reduced. The stand allows for convenient and smooth operation of the display device. Further, since the spring has a simple structure, the stand can be manufactured through a simple process with less cost. Furthermore, the outer appearance of the stand can be simple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Woon Geun Jang
  • Patent number: 7690605
    Abstract: The invention provides a support structure with torque transfer function including a link member having an upper end and a lower end; a pair of main brackets located on a surface of a base member and being pivotally connected to the lower end of the link member through an intermediate hinge. The link member is rotatably pivoted between the two main brackets. The base member has a pair of auxiliary brackets located at one side of the pair of main brackets. A base hinge is socketingly connected to a resilient support and disposed between the main brackets and the auxiliary brackets. A torque transfer device having upper and lower rotation parts pivoted to the intermediate hinge and the base hinge so as to move synchronously together and a connecting part linking the upper and lower rotation parts to rotate in the same direction, thereby forming a torque transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Jarllytec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung-Ta Lee, Yu-Tsun Hsu
  • Patent number: 7677517
    Abstract: A swivel stand of the present invention has a mechanism by which while equipment 1 such as a TV monitor or monitor camera is rotated manually, the rotation of the equipment 1 (TV monitor 1) is controlled such that a disc 4 fixed by a worm gear 8 slides on a pole 2 joined to the equipment, or by which while the equipment 1 is rotated by the motor 9, the rotation of the equipment 1 is controlled such that the disc 4 rotated by the worm gear 8 synchronizes the pole 2 joined to the equipment 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Murakami Corporation
    Inventor: Hisaya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7665696
    Abstract: A stand for a display device includes a connecting member having a side connected to the display device, an insertion portion extending downward from the connecting member, a hook step formed on the insertion portion, a supporting member provided with a space in which the insertion portion is inserted, a base for fixing the supporting member, and a locking unit that is selectively aligned with the hook step to place the connecting member in a fixing or separable state in a state where the connecting member is disposed in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Yun Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 7661642
    Abstract: A motorized mount system includes first and second mount brackets, where one or both of the mount brackets is motorized to pivot a monitor. The motorized bracket includes a motorized actuator system that releaseably engages with the monitor. The actuator system includes a moving block that releaseably pushes the monitor to tilt up, and uses the weight of the monitor to tilt down the monitor. The monitor can be separated with the moving block so that if a foreign object gets between the bottom end of the monitor and the wall, the foreign object needs to counteract the weight of the monitor but not the force due to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Clo Systems
    Inventors: Sung I. Oh, Ken Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7637463
    Abstract: A height-adjustable support includes a stand unit, a friction-providing assembly including a stationary member disposed stationarily on the stand unit and a movable member movable relative to and in frictional contact with the stationary member, a link assembly coupled to the movable member such that pivoting movement of the link assembly results in movement of the movable member relative to the stationary member, a mounting seat disposed on a distal end portion of the link assembly and adapted to support a load, and a biasing assembly coupled to the movable member and to the stand unit. A biasing force exerted by the biasing assembly on the movable member and a frictional force generated between the stationary member and the movable member cooperate to balance the weight of the load and position the link assembly to sustain the load at an arbitrary height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Syncmold Enterprise Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Hui Yen, Cheng-Feng Wu
  • Patent number: 7636133
    Abstract: A flat panel display (FPD) support has a supporting bracket, a connecting assembly pivotally connected to the supporting bracket and a leaf spring mounted between the supporting bracket and the connecting assembly. The connecting assembly is attached to an FPD to allow the supporting bracket to hold the FPD on a plane. The leaf spring pulls the supporting bracket toward the panel bracket and a weight of the FPD allows the FPD and the supporting bracket leaning to each other to stay in a specific angle. Therefore, a visual angle of the FPD relative to a plane is easily adjusted by the supporting assembly. The FPD with the FPD support is light, simple and portable and is conveniently packaged for sale or transportation and does not occupy a large area when in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Shin Zu Shing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun-Ching Hsu
  • Patent number: 7628365
    Abstract: Provided is a monitor stand, capable of preventing an “auto-lift” phenomenon that occurs when a monitor installed thereon is tilted past a predetermined angle, due to a shift in the monitor's weight. The monitor stand includes a base, a stand body, a stand top assembly, a stop slide, an elastic member, and a frictional clutch. The stand body is supported by the base. The stand top assembly is pivotably supported by the stand body. The top slide slides along the stand top assembly and has the monitor installed thereon. The elastic member is supported on the stand top, to provide elasticity to the top slide in an upward direction. The frictional clutch confines and releases the top slide to and from the stand top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jin Bum Lee