Curvature adjustable display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016156871-A1
Application number	US-201514423428-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 8, 2015
Priority date	Nov 28, 2014
Publication date	Jun 2, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention provides a curvature adjustable display device, which includes a base ( 3 ), a display panel ( 1 ) arranged on the base ( 3 ), a rear cover ( 2 ) arranged rearwards of the display panel ( 1 ) and having a bottom extending into an interior of the base ( 3 ), connection sections ( 21 ) arranged in the interior of the base ( 3 ) and respectively connected to two opposite side edges of the rear cover ( 2 ), an adjustment mechanism ( 4 ) arranged in a front portion of the base ( 3 ), and two chains ( 20 ) arranged in the interior of the base ( 3 ) and each having two ends respectively connected to the connection sections ( 21 ) and the adjustment mechanism ( 4 ). Rotation of the adjustment mechanism ( 4 ) stretches the chains ( 20 ) and drives, via the connection sections ( 21 ), the rear cover ( 2 ) to curve, and simultaneously, the rear cover ( 2 ) drives the display panel ( 1 ) to curve so as to achieve adjustment of curvature of the display panel ( 1 ), allowing a user to adjust the curvature of the display panel according to the needs for viewing so as to improve the user's experience and enhance the attraction of products to the market.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A curvature adjustable display device, comprising a base, a display panel arranged on the base, a rear cover arranged rearwards of the display panel and having a bottom extending into an interior of the base, connection sections arranged in the interior of the base and respectively connected to two opposite side edges of the rear cover, an adjustment mechanism arranged in a front portion of the base, and two chains arranged in the interior of the base and each having two ends respectively connected to the connection sections and the adjustment mechanism;
rotation of the adjustment mechanism stretches the chains and drives, via the connection sections, the rear cover to curve and simultaneously, the rear cover drives the display panel to curve so as to achieve adjustment of curvature of the display panel.

2 . The curvature adjustable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a central portion of a bottom of the display panel is fixed by a first fixing section to the base and a central portion of the rear cover is fixed by a second fixing section to the base; and
rotation of the adjustment mechanism stretches the chains and drives, via the connection sections, two side edges of the rear cover to move frontwards with respect to the second fixing section and thus getting curved and simultaneously, the rear cover drives two side edges of the display panel to move frontwards with respect to the first fixing section and thus getting curved so as to achieve adjustment of curvature of the display panel.

3 . The curvature adjustable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rear cover has a height greater than a height of the display panel and has an excessive portion of the height extending into the interior of the base.

4 . The curvature adjustable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the chains each comprises a plurality of holes uniformly formed therein.

5 . The curvature adjustable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a rotary knob mounted on an external surface of the base, a toothed wheel enclosure mounted in the interior of the base, a toothed wheel arranged inside the toothed wheel enclosure, a rotation axle coupling the rotary knob and the toothed wheel, and locking sections arranged on two sides of the toothed wheel enclosure; and
the toothed wheel are in mating engagement with the two chains and rotation of the rotary knob drives the toothed wheel to rotate so that the toothed wheel stretches the two chains to conduct adjustment of curvature of the display panel and the locking sections are operable to selectively fix the toothed wheel to prevent restoration of the curvature of the display panel.

6 . The curvature adjustable display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the toothed wheel has a circumferential surface on which a plurality of uniformly distributed teeth is formed in such a way that a spacing distance of the teeth is identical to a spacing distance of the plurality of holes of the chains.

7 . The curvature adjustable display device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the toothed wheel enclosure comprises four opening sections that extend outwardly from an outer peripheral surface thereof in a mutually parallel manner and are in communication with an interior space of the toothed wheel enclosure; and
the two chains are each received through the toothed wheel enclosure by extending through two opposite ones of the opening sections, the plurality of teeth of the toothed wheel and the plurality of holes of the two chains being engageable with each other in the interior of the toothed wheel enclosure.

8 . The curvature adjustable display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the locking sections each comprises a support section fixed to the base and a locking element arranged on the support section and the support section comprises a slide channel formed in a middle thereof and the locking element is slidable within the slide channel; and
the toothed wheel enclosure has an outer peripheral surface in which two through holes that are opposite to each other are formed; and the locking elements are extendable through the through holes to enter the interior of the toothed wheel enclosure to engage inter-tooth gaps of the toothed wheel and thus fixing the toothed wheel.

9 . The curvature adjustable display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the chains each has an end forming an end section, the end section having a cross-sectional width that is greater than an inside diameter of the opening sections.

10 . The curvature adjustable display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the base has an upper surface in which a first deviation channel and second deviation channels respectively located on two sides of the rotary knob are formed; the rear cover is received through the first deviation channel into the interior of the base and the locking elements respectively extend through the second deviation channels to the outside of the base.

11 . A curvature adjustable display device, comprising a base, a display panel arranged on the base, a rear cover arranged rearwards of the display panel and having a bottom extending into an interior of the base, connection sections arranged in the interior of the base and respectively connected to two opposite side edges of the rear cover, an adjustment mechanism arranged in a front portion of the base, and two chains arranged in the interior of the base and each having two ends respectively connected to the connection sections and the adjustment mechanism;
rotation of the adjustment mechanism stretches the chains and drives, via the connection sections, the rear cover to curve and simultaneously, the rear cover drives the display panel to curve so as to achieve adjustment of curvature of the display panel; wherein a central portion of a bottom of the display panel is fixed by a first fixing section to the base and a central portion of the rear cover is fixed by a second fixing section to the base; and rotation of the adjustment mechanism stretches the chains and drives, via the connection sections, two side edges of the rear cover to move frontwards with respect to the second fixing section and thus getting curved and simultaneously, the rear cover drives two side edges of the display panel to move frontwards with respect to the first fixing section and thus getting curved so as to achieve adjustment of curvature of the display panel; wherein the rear cover has a height greater than a height of the display panel and has an excessive portion of the height extending into the interior of the base; wherein the chains each comprises a plurality of holes uniformly formed therein; wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a rotary knob mounted on an external surface of the base, a toothed wheel enclosure mounted in the interior of the base, a toothed wheel arranged inside the toothed wheel enclosure, a rotation axle coupling the rotary knob and the toothed wheel, and locking sections arranged on two sides of the toothed wheel enclosure; and the toothed wheel are in mating engagement with the two chains and rotation of the rotary knob drives the toothed wheel to rotate so that the toothed wheel stretches the two chains to conduct adjustment of curvature of the display panel and the locking sections are operable to selectively fix the toothed wheel to prevent restoration of the curvature of the display panel.

12 . The curvature adjustable display device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the toothed wheel has a circumferential surface on which a plurality of uniformly distributed teeth is formed in such a way that a spacing distance of

Assignees

• Shenzhen China Star Optoelect

Inventors

• Liu Yawei

Classifications

• G06F2200/1612

  Flat panel monitor · CPC title

• G06F1/1652

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• G06F1/1601

  Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64) · CPC title

• G02F1/133305

  Flexible substrates, e.g. plastics, organic film · CPC title

• H04N5/655 Primary

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