Video arm deployment method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10322805-B2
Application number	US-201414148770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2014
Priority date	Jan 7, 2013
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

The present invention is generally related to video assemblies and more particularly video assemblies for on-board entertainment systems. The video assembly may include a video arm coupled with a video monitor. The video assembly may be manually moveable by a user between a stowed position and a deployed position. The video arm may include a friction torque device. The video arm may provide variable resistance depending on a direction of movement of the video assembly. In some embodiments, the video arm may provide less resistance to a user when the user moves the video assembly toward the deployed position compared to the resistance provided to a user when the user moves the video assembly away from the deployed position. Further, the video arm may provide for a low torque zone where the resistance provided to a user is reduced when the user moves the video assembly through low torque zone.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An on-board entertainment video assembly comprising:
a video monitor;
a video arm comprising a first end and a second end, the second end coupled with the video monitor; and
a mount, wherein the first end of the video arm is pivotally coupled to the mount,
wherein the video assembly is manually moveable by a user between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein movement of the video assembly toward the deployed position is a deployment movement and movement of the video assembly toward the stowed position is a stowing movement,
wherein the video arm provides a first resistance to the user during the deployment movement from the stowed position toward an intermediate position, a second resistance to the user during the deployment movement from the intermediate position toward the deployed position, a third resistance to the user during the stowing movement from the deployed position toward the intermediate position, and a fourth resistance to the user during the stowing movement from the intermediate position to the stowed position,
wherein the third resistance is greater than the first resistance, wherein the third resistance is less than the second resistance, and wherein the fourth resistance is greater than the first resistance.

2. The on-board entertainment video assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first end of the video arm comprises a hinge joint, and wherein the video arm rotates the video monitor about the hinge joint as the video assembly is moved between the stowed position and the deployed position.

3. The on-board entertainment video assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first resistance is less than the second resistance.

4. The on-board entertainment video assembly of claim 1 , wherein the third resistance is greater than the fourth resistance.

5. The on-board entertainment video assembly of claim 4 , wherein the fourth resistance is less than the second resistance.

6. A video assembly comprising:
a video monitor;
a video arm comprising a first end and a second end, the second end coupled with the video monitor; and
a mount, wherein the first end of the video arm is pivotally coupled to the mount;
wherein the video assembly is manually moveable by a user between a stowed position, an intermediate position, and a deployed position, the intermediate position being between the stowed position and the deployed position;
wherein movement of the video assembly toward the deployed position is a deployment movement and movement of the video assembly toward the stowed position is a stowing movement,
wherein the video arm provides a first resistance to the user during the deployment movement from the stowed position toward the intermediate position, a second resistance to the user during the stowing movement from the deployed position toward the intermediate position, and a third resistance to the user during the stowing movement from the intermediate position to the stowed position, and
wherein the first resistance during the deployment movement is less than the second resistance during the stowing movement, wherein the first resistance during the deployment movement is less than the third resistance during the stowing movement, and wherein the third resistance is less than the second resistance.

7. The video assembly of claim 6 , wherein the first resistance is less than or equal to fifty percent of the second resistance.

8. The video assembly of claim 6 , wherein the video arm provides a fourth resistance as the video assembly is moved between the intermediate position and the deployed position.

9. The video assembly of claim 8 , wherein the fourth resistance is not more than fifteen percent of the second resistance.

10. The video assembly of claim 6 , wherein the intermediate position is between 15-45° from the stowed position.

11. The video assembly of claim 10 , wherein the intermediate position is between 25-35° from the stowed position.

12. A video assembly comprising:
a video monitor;
a video arm comprising a first end coupled with the video monitor;
a mount, wherein a second end of the video arm is pivotally coupled to the mount;
wherein the video assembly is manually moveable by a user between a stowed position and a deployed position, a video arm range of motion between the stowed position and the deployed position including a low torque zone between the stowed position and an intermediate position and a directional torque zone between the intermediate position and the deployed position;
wherein the video arm provides a first reduced resistance to the user when the user moves the video assembly in the low torque zone from the stowed position to the intermediate position and a second reduced resistance to the user when the user moves the video assembly in the low torque zone from the intermediate position to the stowed position; and
wherein the video arm provides a first directional resistance to the user when the user moves the video assembly in in the directional torque zone from the intermediate position to the deployed position and a second directional resistance to the user when the user moves the video assembly in the directional torque zone from the deployed position to the intermediate position,
wherein the second directional resistance is greater than the first directional resistance, wherein the second directional resistance is greater than the second reduced resistance, and wherein the second reduced resistance is greater than the first reduced resistance.

13. The video assembly of claim 12 , wherein the low torque zone comprises a range of 25−35° from the stowed position, and wherein the first directional resistance is less than or equal to fifty percent of the second directional resistance and wherein the second reduced resistance is less than or equal to fifteen percent of the second directional resistance.

Assignees

• Safran Seats Usa Llc

Inventors

• Westerink Rik

Classifications

• B64D11/0015 Primary

  Arrangements for entertainment or communications, e.g. radio, television · CPC title

• H04N21/41422

  located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle (arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62) · CPC title

• H04N21/2146

  located in mass transportation means, e.g. aircraft, train or bus (flight-deck installations for entertainment or communications B64D11/0015; arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62; moving wireless networks H04W84/005) · CPC title

• F16M11/105

  the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation · CPC title

• H04N5/655

  Construction or mounting of chassis, e.g. for varying the elevation of the tube · CPC title