Source: http://www.google.ca/patents/US8704960
Timestamp: 2017-11-19 16:21:03
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 20088017132', 'Application No. 200780029616', 'Application No. 200880107132', 'Application No. 08', 'Application No. 2009', 'Application No. 2010']

Patent US8704960 - Deployment system and method for user interface devices - Google Patents
A deployment system for user interface devices with enhanced interface capabilities and methods for manufacturing and using same. The deployment system includes a main rotating joint system and a device mounting assembly that are coupled via an extension support system. The main rotating joint system...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8704960?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8704960 - Deployment system and method for user interface devices
Publication number US8704960 B2
Application number US 13/094,315
Also published as CN102971214A, CN102971214B, EP2563661A1, EP2563661B1, US20110261273, WO2011137101A1
Publication number 094315, 13094315, US 8704960 B2, US 8704960B2, US-B2-8704960, US8704960 B2, US8704960B2
Inventors Todd Weaver
Patent Citations (503), Non-Patent Citations (18), Referenced by (10), Classifications (29), Legal Events (2)
US 8704960 B2
1. A deployment system, comprising:
a device mounting assembly for receiving a selected user interface device;
a main rotating joint system coupling said device mounting assembly with an installation location and having a progressive clutch system that includes:
a plurality of first clutch system members each having a first contact surface; and
a plurality of second clutch system members each having a second contact surface and being rotatable relative to a respective first clutch system member about a common axis, an engagement between respective pairs of said first contact surfaces and said second contact surfaces progressively increasing as said first clutch system members rotate relative to said second clutch system members in a first rotational direction from a stowed position toward a fully-deployed position; and
a communication cable assembly with a communication cable having a predetermined dimension and being terminated by a system communication connector for communicating with a selected content system and a device communication connector, said device communication connector being disposed at said device mounting assembly and enabling the user interface device received by said device mounting assembly to communicate with the selected content system via said communication cable assembly,
wherein said main rotating joint system forms an internal channel with a preselected dimension that is greater than the predetermined dimension of said communication cable and that enables said communication cable to float within said main rotating joint system such that any twisting of said communication cable due to transitions between the stowed position and the fully-deployed position can be distributed along a length of said communication cable, and
wherein a first high contact surface extends at a first predetermined distance from a selected first contact surface, said first high contact surface for engaging a second high contact surface extending at a second predetermined distance from a selected second contact surface.
2. The deployment system of claim 1,
wherein at least one of said first clutch system members is selected from a first group consisting of an auxiliary main clutch disk system and a main clutch shaft system, and
wherein at least one of said second clutch system members is selected from a second group consisting of a main clutch pivot house system and a main clutch insert system.
6. The deployment system of claim 1,
wherein said first high contact surface comprises a preselected ten-percent range between ten percent and ninety percent of said selected first contact surface and extends from said selected first contact surface within a preselected two-mil range between one-half mil and ten mils; and
wherein said second high contact surface comprises a preselected ten-percent range between ten percent and ninety percent of said selected second contact surface and extends from said selected second contact surface within a preselected two-mil range between one-half mil and ten mils.
10. The deployment system of claim 1,
wherein the user interface device includes at least one advanced function such that the user interface device has a weight that is greater than a weight of a conventional video display system, and
wherein said communication cable has a cable cross-section between five hundred mils and six hundred and fifty mils that is greater than a cross-section of a conventional video communication cable.
14. A user seat, comprising:
a deployment system for transitioning a selected user interface device between a stowed position and a fully-deployed position, said deployment system being disposed adjacent to one of said seatback and said armrest and being provided in accordance with claim 1,
wherein the user seat includes an internal compartment for stowing the user interface device in the stowed position.
15. An entertainment system suitable for installation aboard a passenger vehicle, comprising:
a selected content system;
a plurality of user interface device for communicating with said content system; and
a plurality of passenger seats each including a deployment system for transitioning a selected user interface device between a stowed position and a fully-deployed position, said deployment system being disposed adjacent to one of a seatback and an armrest of the relevant passenger seat and being provided in accordance with claim 1,
wherein the passenger vehicle is selected from a group consisting of an automobile, an aircraft, a bus, a recreational vehicle, a boat, and a locomotive.
a plurality of passenger seats arranged within said fuselage; and
an entertainment system coupled with said fuselage and being provided in accordance with claim 15.
17. A method for providing a deployment system, comprising:
providing a main rotating joint system forming an internal channel with a preselected dimension and having a progressive clutch system that includes:
a plurality of second clutch system members each having a second contact surface and being rotatable relative to a respective first clutch system member about a common axis, an engagement between respective pairs of said first contact surfaces and said second contact surfaces progressively increasing as said first clutch system members rotate relative to said second clutch system members in a first rotational direction from a stowed position toward a fully-deployed position;
coupling a device mounting assembly with said main rotating joint system;
providing a communication cable assembly with a communication cable having a predetermined dimension and being terminated by a system communication connector for communicating with a selected content system and a device communication connector, the predetermined dimension of said communication cable being less than the preselected dimension of the internal channel;
disposing said communication cable assembly within the internal channel such that said device communication connector is disposed at said device mounting assembly and enables a selected user interface device received by said device mounting assembly to communicate with the selected content system via said communication cable assembly; and
coupling said device mounting assembly with an installation location,
wherein said main rotating joint system enables said communication cable to float within said main rotating joint system such that any twisting of said communication cable due to transitions between the stowed position and the fully-deployed position can be distributed along a length of said communication cable, and
18. A deployment system, comprising:
a device mounting assembly for receiving a selected user interface device; and
a main rotating joint system coupling said device mounting assembly with an installation location and including a progressive clutch system, said progressive clutch system comprising:
an auxiliary main clutch disk system having a first contact surface; and
a main clutch pivot house system being rotatable relative to said auxiliary main clutch disk system about a common axis and having a second contact surface,
wherein said first contact surface progressively engages said second contact surface as said auxiliary main clutch disk system rotates relative to said main clutch pivot house system, and
19. A method for assembling a progressive clutch system for the deployment system of claim 18, comprising:
disposing a main clutch pivot house system having a second contact surface adjacent to an auxiliary main clutch disk system having a first contact surface; and
enabling said first contact surface to progressively engage said second contact surface as said auxiliary main clutch disk system rotates relative to said main clutch pivot house system about a common axis.
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U.S. Classification 348/837, 248/454, 361/679.27, 348/836, 297/188.21, 297/188.15, 345/905, 192/52.4, 192/107.00R, 192/107.00C, 248/284.1, 192/52.5, 297/188.16, 248/274.1, 192/52.1, 248/455
Cooperative Classification F16M11/10, F16M11/04, B60R11/0235, B64D11/00153, B64D11/0015, B60R2011/0012, F16M2200/065, F16M13/00, F16M11/2014, F16M13/02, B60R2011/0085, B64D11/0624
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