Supporting stand for display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9822921-B2
Application number	US-201615207730-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2016
Priority date	Aug 21, 2015
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed is a supporting stand for a display device, which includes: a base; an upright connected to the base; a holding unit connected to the upright and including a bracket, wherein the bracket has an anode conductive portion and a cathode conductive portion to provide electrical contacts for the display device; an electrical function unit disposed within the base; and an electrical connection unit electrically connecting the electrical function unit to the anode and cathode conductive portions of the bracket. Accordingly, the display device can be disposed in contact with the anode and cathode conductive portions of the bracket when being mounted on the bracket, and be electrically connected to the electrical function unit at the base by the electrical connection unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A supporting stand for a display device having an anode contact and a cathode contact, comprising:
a base;
an upright, connected to the base;
a holding unit, connected to the upright and including a bracket for mounting the display device thereon, wherein the bracket has an anode conductive portion and a cathode conductive portion;
an electrical function unit, disposed within the base; and
an electrical connection unit, extending through an interior of the upright and electrically connecting the electrical function unit to the anode conductive portion and the cathode conductive portion of the bracket, wherein by virtue of mounting the display device on the bracket, the anode conductive portion and the cathode conductive portion are can be thereby brought into abutment against the anode contact and the cathode contact, respectively, so that the display device is electrically connected to the anode conductive portion and the cathode conductive portion of the bracket and further to the electrical function unit through the electrical connection unit to form an electrical loop.

2. The supporting stand of claim 1 , wherein the anode conductive portion of the bracket is a pin connector and the anode contact of the display device is at least one anode spring contact, the pin connector being brought into contact with the anode spring contact by mounting the display device on the bracket, and being brought into non-contact with the anode spring contact by releasing the display device from the bracket.

3. The supporting stand of claim 2 , wherein the cathode conductive portion of the bracket is a main plate, and the pin connector is electrically isolated from the main plate and extends through an open slot of the main plate.

4. The supporting stand of claim 3 , wherein the main plate is provided with a contact region and the cathode contact of the display device is a cathode spring contact, the contact region being brought into contact with the cathode spring contact by mounting the display device on the bracket, and being brought into non-contact with the cathode spring contact by releasing the display device from the bracket.

5. The supporting stand of claim 4 , wherein the main plate has a protrusion as the contact region and the cathode spring contact is disposed in a recess of the display device, the protrusion being brought into contact with the cathode spring contact by engaging the protrusion in the recess when mounting the display device on the bracket.

6. The supporting stand of claim 3 , wherein the main plate is rotatable and the pin connector keeps stationary in rotation of the main plate, therewith the relative position of the pin connector at the open slot changing with rotation of the main plate.

7. The supporting stand of claim 6 , wherein the at least one anode spring contact is two anode spring contacts, the pin connector being in contact with one of the anode spring contacts when the display device on the bracket being oriented in portrait view, and being in contact with the other of the anode spring contacts when the display device on the bracket being oriented in landscape view.

8. The supporting stand of claim 6 , wherein the open slot has a shape determined by the relative motion trajectory between the pin connector and the main plate induced by rotation of the main plate.

9. The supporting stand of claim 6 , wherein (i) the bracket further has a fixing plate and a shaft assembly, (ii) the pin connector is fastened to the fixing plate, (iii) the main plate and the fixing plate are pivotally attached to the shaft assembly, and (iv) the main plate is rotatable about the shaft assembly, and the fixing plate is maintained stationary in rotation of the main plate.

10. The supporting stand of claim 9 , wherein (i) the electrical connection unit includes a first cable and a second cable, (ii) the first cable is electrically connected to the pin connector, (iii) the second cable is electrically connected to an electrical joint structure of the fixing plate, and (iv) the electrical joint structure is in electrical contact with the main plate to provide electrical connection between the main plate and the second cable.

11. The supporting stand of claim 1 , wherein (i) the electrical connection unit includes a main cable, (ii) the interior of the upright is formed with a receiving trough that defines a shortest pathway between the holding unit and the base, and (iii) the main cable is disposed in the receiving trough and electrically connected to the electrical function unit and longer than the shortest pathway.

12. The supporting stand of claim 11 , wherein (i) the upright is rotatable with respect to the base, (ii) the main cable has a reserve section longitudinally extending to the base, and (iii) the reserve section of the main cable is in a relaxed state when the upright is not pivoted to a pivot angle and allows twisting adapted to pivot motion of the upright.

13. The supporting stand of claim 12 , wherein the difference between a cable length of the reserve section and a minimal pathway distance corresponding to the reserve section is determined by angle of rotability of the upright.

14. The supporting stand of claim 12 , further comprising a first organizer and a second organizer, wherein the reserve section of the main cable longitudinally extends through the first organizer and the second organizer in sequence in a direction toward the base, and the main cable is formed with a bent portion by the second organizer at the base and laterally extends from the bent portion to form an lateral extension section electrically connected to the electrical function unit.

15. The supporting stand of claim 11 , wherein (i) the holding unit is capable of sliding upward and downward in a channel of the upright, (ii) the main cable has a free section corresponding to the channel, and (iii) the free section is can be forced into bending to be adapted to sliding motion of the holding unit.

Assignees

• Syncmold Entpr Corp

Inventors

• Chen Kuang-Po
• Ting Kun-Tien
• Liu Wen-Chen
• Shih Li-Wei

Classifications

• F16M11/105

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

• F16M11/041 Primary

  Allowing quick release of the apparatus · CPC title

• H05K5/0247

  Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring · CPC title

• F16M11/046

  adapted to upward-downward translation movement · CPC title

• F16M2200/065

  with a special structure, e.g. reinforced or adapted for space reduction · CPC title