Display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11366501-B2
Application number	US-202016915892-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2020
Priority date	Jun 29, 2020
Publication date	Jun 21, 2022
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

A system can include a display that includes a mount; a display stand that includes a base that includes opposing sides and a platform that spans the opposing sides, an arm that extends from the base and that operatively couples to the mount, and a video cable passage that includes a side opening on one of the opposing sides of the base; and a video cable that operatively couples to the display, that is disposable at least in part in the video cable passage, and that includes a connector exposable via the side opening of the one of the opposing sides of the base of the display stand.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a flat panel display that comprises a mount;
a display stand that comprises a base that comprises opposing sides and a mobile computing device platform that spans the opposing sides, an arm that extends from the mobile computing device platform of the base and that operatively couples to the mount to elevate the flat panel display to define a clearance between the flat panel display and the mobile computing device platform, and a video cable passage that comprises a side opening on one of the opposing sides of the base; and
a video cable that runs through the arm and electronically couples to the flat panel display, that is disposable at least in part in the video cable passage, and that comprises a connector exposable via the side opening of the one of the opposing sides of the base of the display stand, wherein the video cable comprises a pigtail portion that comprises the connector and wherein the base comprises a pigtail recess on the one of the opposing sides that removably receives the pigtail portion for storage and deployment of the pigtail portion at least in part over the mobile computing device platform;

wherein the connector is configured to connect to a port of a mobile computing device positioned on the mobile computing device platform.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the connector comprises a universal serial bus (USB) connector.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein a bottom of the base defines a plane and wherein the platform is disposed at an angle with respect to the plane.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the angle is greater than 0 degrees and less than 20 degrees.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the opposing sides comprise a left side and a right side with respect to a display surface of the display, wherein the video cable passage comprises a left branch with a left side opening and a right branch with a right side opening.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the video cable is adjustably disposable in the left branch for exposure via the left side opening and is adjustably disposable in the right branch for exposure via the right side opening.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the platform is removable to expose at least a portion of the video cable passage.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a wireless charger bay beneath the platform.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein, in an operatively coupled state of the video cable to the display, wherein the video cable is disposed in the video cable passage, the connector is exposed via the side opening of the one of the opposing sides of the base of the display stand and extendable from the one of the opposing side by a distance less than 15 centimeters.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the video cable is physically coupled to another cable.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the video cable and the other cable comprise a common head that comprises the connector and another connector.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises wireless charging circuitry and at least one magnet for generating an attractive force for positioning an object on the platform with respect to the wireless charging circuitry.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the video cable passage extends at least in part through the arm.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the connector comprises a stored orientation and an extended, deployed orientation.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein, in the stored orientation, a metallic electrical contact of the connector is hidden and wherein, in the extended, deployed orientation, a metallic electrical contact of the connector is exposed.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the pigtail portion comprises a grip that facilitates manual extraction of the pigtail portion from the pigtail recess.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the connector is at one end of the pigtail portion, wherein the connector comprises a reversible orientation universal serial bus (USB) connector, and wherein another end of the pigtail portion is fixed to the display stand.

Assignees

• Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Tucker Matthew Ian

Classifications

• H02J2105/40

  characterised by the loads connecting to the networks or being supplied by the networks · CPC title

• G06F1/181

  Enclosures (for portable computers G06F1/1613) · CPC title

• F16M13/005

  integral with the apparatus or articles to be supported · CPC title

• H02J50/005

  Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices · CPC title

• G06F1/1605

  Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones · CPC title