Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10655778-B2
Application number	US-201815998544-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2018
Priority date	Aug 16, 2017
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display assembly, and a mounting device on which the display assembly is supported. The mounting device may include a stand having a supporting boss, a rail disposed on a rear surface of the display assembly, and configured to move the display assembly in a straight line direction with respect to the supporting boss, and a rotation guide disposed at an end of the rail such that the display assembly rotates with respect to the supporting boss, wherein the display assembly is rotatable when the supporting boss is positioned on the rotation guide.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display assembly; and
a mounting device configured to support the display assembly,
wherein the mounting device comprises:
a stand having a supporting boss;
a rail disposed on a rear surface of the display assembly, and configured to receive the supporting boss and allow the display assembly to move in a straight line direction relative to the supporting boss; and
a rotation guide disposed at an end of the rail, and configured to receive the supporting boss and allow the display assembly to rotate relative to the supporting boss,
wherein the display assembly is rotatable when the supporting boss is positioned in the rotation guide.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting device is configured to allow a distance between a mounting surface on which the stand is supported and the display assembly to vary according to an angle of rotation of the display assembly.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a linear movement of the display assembly is allowed when the supporting boss is positioned in the rail, and
a rotation of the display assembly is allowed when the supporting boss is positioned in the rotation guide.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation guide forms a center of rotation of the display assembly, and is spaced a distance from a center of the display assembly.

5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the center of the display assembly is a center of the display assembly in a horizontal and a vertical direction of the display assembly, or a center of gravity of the display assembly.

6. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the rail extends from the center of the display assembly.

7. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the display assembly is configured to operate in a landscape mode or a portrait mode by a rotation by the rotation guide, and
when the display assembly rotates from one mode of the landscape mode and the portrait mode to the other mode of the landscape mode and the portrait mode, a distance between a mounting surface on which the stand is supported and the display assembly varies according to a rotation angle between the display assembly and the stand.

8. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the rotation guide comprises:
a boss holder configured to form a boss insertion portion into which the supporting boss is insertable; and
a rotation holder rotatably disposed relative to the boss holder, and fixed on a rear surface of the display assembly.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein when the supporting boss is inserted into the boss holder, the boss holder is prevented from rotating, and the rail and the rotation holder are rotatable together with the display assembly.

10. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the rotation holder comprises:
a holder body disposed along a circumference of the boss holder; and
a path forming portion forming a boss path connecting the rail to the boss insertion portion.

11. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the rotation holder selectively disconnects the rail from the boss insertion portion through the holder body by a rotation of the display assembly.

12. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the rotation guide comprises:
a first rotation guide disposed at a first distance in a first direction from a center of the display assembly; and
a second rotation guide disposed at a second distance in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the center of the display assembly.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the linear movement comprises a horizontal movement, and
wherein the rail is configured to limit a movement of the display assembly to the horizontal movement.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the rail comprises a pair of guide rails extending in the horizontal direction and restricting upper and lower portions of the supporting boss.

15. A display apparatus comprising:
a display assembly configured to be positioned in one mode of a landscape mode and a portrait mode; and
a mounting device configured to receive the display assembly,
wherein the mounting device comprises:
a stand having a supporting boss, and configured to be supported on a mounting surface; and
a guide apparatus on which the supporting boss is mounted and which is configured to be disposed on a rear surface of the display assembly such that the display assembly moves relative to the supporting boss, and
wherein the guide apparatus comprises:
a rotation guide to which the supporting boss is insertable to perform a rotation operation of the display assembly, the rotation guide configured to allow a height of the display assembly from the mounting surface to change according to a rotation angle between the display assembly and the stand when the display assembly rotates from the one mode of the landscape mode and the portrait mode to the other mode of the landscape mode and the portrait mode.

16. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the rotation guide is spaced a distance from a center of the display assembly, and
wherein the guide apparatus further comprises a rail which extends from the center of the display assembly to the rotation guide and on which the supporting boss is located.

17. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the rotation guide comprises:
a boss holder into which the supporting boss is insertable; and
a rotation holder rotatably mounted on the boss holder, and mountable on a rear surface of the display assembly.

18. The display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein when the supporting boss is inserted into the boss holder, the boss holder is prevented from rotating, and the rail and the rotation holder are rotatable together with the display assembly.

19. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein when the supporting boss is positioned in the rail, the display assembly is linearly movable, and
wherein when the supporting boss is positioned in the rotation guide, the display assembly is rotatable.

20. A display apparatus comprising:
a display assembly; and
a rotation guide rotatably supporting the display assembly, the display assembly having a rotation center deviated from its center,
wherein the rotation guide is configured to move the center of the display assembly in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction by rotation of the display assembly.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Yong Ku

Classifications

• F16M11/043

  Allowing translations · CPC title

• F16M11/2028

  for rolling, i.e. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation · CPC title

• F16M11/2085

  comprising means allowing sideward adjustment, i.e. left-right translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage · CPC title

• F16M11/18

  with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand · CPC title

• F16M11/42

  with arrangement for propelling the support {stands on wheels} · CPC title