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Patent US20030141422 - Device for combining electronic appliances and displaying apparatuses ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA coupling device for a displaying apparatus and electronic appliances which comprises a base member having a mounting part, positioned on an installation surface; and a monitor main body having a plurality of movable mounting parts detachably combined relative to the mounting part of the base member....http://www.google.com/patents/US20030141422?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20030141422 - Device for combining electronic appliances and displaying apparatuses employing the sameAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS20030141422 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 10/261,598Publication dateJul 31, 2003Filing dateOct 2, 2002Priority dateJan 25, 2002Also published asUS6918562Publication number10261598, 261598, US 2003/0141422 A1, US 2003/141422 A1, US 20030141422 A1, US 20030141422A1, US 2003141422 A1, US 2003141422A1, US-A1-20030141422, US-A1-2003141422, US2003/0141422A1, US2003/141422A1, US20030141422 A1, US20030141422A1, US2003141422 A1, US2003141422A1InventorsYoung-Tae Kim, You-Sub LeeOriginal AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManReferenced by (6), Classifications (23), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetDevice for combining electronic appliances and displaying apparatuses employing the sameUS 20030141422 A1Abstract A coupling device for a displaying apparatus and electronic appliances which comprises a base member having a mounting part, positioned on an installation surface; and a monitor main body having a plurality of movable mounting parts detachably combined relative to the mounting part of the base member. With this configuration, the displaying apparatus can be easily adapted for a table-mounted type displaying apparatus or a wall-mounted type displaying apparatus. Images(19) Claims(27)
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0049] Reference will now made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. The embodiments are described below in order to explain the present invention by referring to the figures. [0050]FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of a displaying apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a base member of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is an exploded view of a monitor body of FIG. 3. As depicted in these figures, a displaying apparatus 1 used with a computer or a TV etc., comprises a monitor body 10 displaying pictures (images) thereon and a base member 60 supporting the monitor body 10. [0051] The base member 60, as illustrated in FIG. 4, is formed with a base part 70 and a plurality of stand parts 80 each formed with a first pass hole 81 on an end thereof, standing at opposite sides of the base part 70. [0052] The base part 70 is made of stainless steel, and corners thereof are rounded. The base part 70 is shaped into a hollow rectangular loop. On each corner of the base part 70 is provided a depressed part 71 which is depressed to a predetermined depth from a planar surface of the base part 70 and a cover member 74 made of rubber, which is detachably engaged into the depressed part 71. [0053] In a center of the depressed part 71 is formed a bolt-inserting hole 73 through which a bolt 73 a is inserted so as to allow the displaying apparatus 1 to be installed on a wall or a ceiling as the wall-mounted type displaying apparatus. [0054] The stand part 80 is formed of a stainless steel like the material of the base part 70, defined as being bar-shaped. A bottom of the stand part 80 is fixed to a receiving part 75 formed in the base part 70 by a bolt (not shown) and a top thereof is bent toward the monitor body 10. On the bent portion is provided the first pass hole 81 allowing a coupling member 50 (to be described later) to be inserted thereinto. [0055] When a user requires installation of the displaying apparatus 1 as the wall-mounted type displaying apparatus, the user first removes the cover member 74 detachably inserted into the depressed part 71, inserts the bolt 73 a into the bolt-inserting hole 73 and screw-couples the bolt 73 a to a surface for installation on the wall or the ceiling, thereby allowing the base member 60 to be fixed to the wall or the ceiling. [0056] As illustrated in FIG. 5, the monitor body 10 includes a front cover 20, a rear cover 26 and an LCD panel 27. The front cover 20 and the rear cover 26 are combined with each other, forming a space receiving some elements inside thereof, and the LCD panel is positioned within the receiving space, having an effective face on which pictures are displayed. [0057] The front cover 20 comprises a front face part 21 formed with a window on a planar surface thereof, allowing the effective face of the LCD panel 27 to be exposed to the outside through the window of the front cover 20, and skirt parts 23 bent toward the rear cover 26 from opposite sides of the front face part 21. On an inner wall side of each skirt part 23 are formed exposed holes 24, allowing a rotating member 40 of each bracket member 30 to be inserted and exposed to the outside. A plurality of coupling parts 25 is provided on a rear face of the front face part 21 to fix each of the bracket members 30 to each of the skirt parts 23, respectively. [0058] Each of the bracket members 30 has a long bar shape, being detachably combined to an inner wall side of each skirt part 23, respectively. As depicted in FIGS. 6 and 7, each of the bracket members 30 includes a bracket part 31 forming a main body thereof, second pass holes 33 a, 33 b, 33 c formed on a planar surface of the bracket part 31, elongated holes 34 a, 34 b, 34 cof a partial arc-shape formed through a planar surface of the bracket part 31 adjacent to the second pass holes 33 a, 33 b, 33 c, respectively, and the rotating member 40 combined with the second pass holes 33 a, 33 b, 33 c. [0059] The bracket part 31 is formed of stainless steel, having an approximate �U� shape in section, comprising a plurality of flange parts 32 combining the bracket member 30 with the front cover 20, and the plurality of the second pass holes 33 a, 33 b, 33 c formed lengthwise on the planar surface meeting the inner sides of each of the skirt parts 23, respectively, at predetermined intervals. [0060] Each of the flange parts 32 is bent from the planar surface on which the second pass holes 33 a, 33 b, 33 c are formed, so as to allow each of the flange parts 32 to be combined with respective coupling parts 25 of the front cover 20. On the planar surface of each of the flange parts 32 is provided a coupling hole 32 a corresponding to the coupling part 25 of the front cover 20, being engaged with a bolt 25 a, thereby fixing the bracket member 30 to the front cover 20. [0061] The second pass holes 33 a, 33 b, 33 c comprise the second pass hole 33 a for the table-mounted type displaying apparatus, and the second pass holes 33 b, 33 c for the wall-mounted displaying apparatus and the ceiling-mounted types displaying apparatus. To each of the second pass holes 33 a, 33 b, 33 c is coupled a rotating member 40 (to be described below) which is coupled with the first pass hole 81 of the base member 60. Adjacent to each of the second pass holes 33 a, 33 b, 33 c are provided the elongated holes 34 a, 34 b, 34 c in an arc shape, guiding forward or backward rotations of the monitor body 10. [0062] The rotating member 40 comprises a first boss 41, a main body 42 having a female screw 42 a formed coaxially with the first boss 41, an extension rib 45 connected to the main body 42, the extension rib having one end movably positioned within the elongated holes 34 a, 34 b, 34 c, a disengagement-preventing nut 47 combined with a male screw 42 b of the main body 42, and a plurality of washers 49 provided between the disengagement-preventing nut 47 and the main body 42. [0063] The first boss 41 is formed of stainless steel, being inserted into the exposed holes 24 formed on the skirt part 23, thereby being exposed to the outside. Further, the first boss 41 has a rectangular depressed part 41 a depressed to a predetermined depth from the planar surface thereof, being fitted with a second boss 55 of a coupling member 50, to be described later (see FIG. 8), thereby rotatably moving the monitor body 10 against the base member 60. [0064] The main body 42 is integrally extended from the first boss 41, being inserted into the second pass holes 33 a, 33 b, and 33 c. The female screw 42 a provided coaxially with the first boss 41 is formed in the main body 42, and the male screw 42 b is formed on an outer circumference of the main body 42. The male screw 42 b couples the rotating member 40 to the bracket member 30, by which the disengagement-preventing nut 47 preventing the rotating member 40 from being disengaged from the bracket member 40 can be engaged. Accordingly, the female screw 42 a of the main body 42 is engaged with a male screw part 53 a formed on a shaft part 53 of a coupling member 50, to be described later, thereby interconnecting the base member 60 and the monitor body 10. The male screw 42 b of the main body 42 is engaged with the disengagement-preventing nut 47, thereby fixedly positioning the rotating member 40 to the bracket member 30. [0065] The extension rib 45 is positioned between the first boss 41 and the main body 42. The extension rib 45 is formed of stainless steel as in the first boss 41 and the main body 42. As shown in FIG. 7, the extension rib 45 includes a guide part 46 bent from the planar surface on one side thereof which allows the extension rib 45 to move while being inserted into the elongated holes 34 a, 34 b, 34 c of the bracket part 31. The extension rib 45 is forcibly engaged into the first boss 41 and rotates together with the first boss 41. Therefore, since a position of the first boss 41 is fixed by the second boss 55, a rotation angle of the monitor body 10 forward and backward is limited to a rotation range of the guide part 46 of the extension rib 45 inserted within the elongated holes 34 a, 34 b, 34 c, if the monitor body 10 rotates forward or backward relative to the base member 60. [0066] The plurality of washers 49 is positioned between the extension rib 45 and the bracket part 31, and the bracket part 31 and the disengagement-preventing nut 47. The washers 49 generate frictional forces by which the bracket member 30 can be rotated relative to the rotation member 40. [0067] The coupling member 50 coupled with the rotation member 40, thereby coupling the monitor body 10 and the base member 60 and allowing the monitor body 10 to be rotated to a predetermined degree relative to the base member 60, comprises a head part 51, the shaft part 53 extended from the head part 51 and formed with the male screw part 53 a with which the female screw 42 a of the rotation member 40 is engaged, a second boss 55 provided so as to move lengthwise to the shaft part 53, being fitted into the first boss 41, as shown in FIG. 8. [0068] The head part 51 has a cylindrical shape, and is formed of stainless steel. On the top of the head part 51 is formed a depressed part in hexagonal shape, into which a wrench member (not shown) can be inserted. The depressed part is exposed outside when the base member 50 and the monitor body 10 are engaged. [0069] The shaft part 53 is extended integrally from the head part 51. On the end of the shaft part 53 is formed the male screw part 53 a engaged with the female screw 42 a of the rotating member 40. The shaft part 53 of the coupling member 50 is inserted within the first pass hole 81, and then engaged with the female screw 42 a of the rotating member 40, thereby coupling the monitor body 10 and the base member 60. [0070] The second boss 55 is provided to move axially to the shaft part 53 adjacent to the head part 51 and is fitted into the first boss 41 of the rotating member 40. The second boss 55 has a rectangular sectional shape and is engaged with the first boss 41, as shown in FIG. 8. Accordingly, when the coupling member 50 is inserted into the first pass hole 81 and the female screw 42 a of the rotating member 40 and the male screw part 53 a of the coupling member 50 are engaged, the second boss 55 is fitted into the first boss 41. Thus, if the monitor body 10 is rotated forward or backward, the degree of rotation (angle of rotation) of the monitor body 10 is limited to correspond with the rotation range of the guide part 46 inserted within the elongated hole 33, thereby controlling a visual angle of the displaying apparatus with respect to a viewer. [0071] With this configuration, the displaying apparatus 1 can be installed through the following processes. [0072] Where the displaying apparatus 1 is installed as a table-mounted type displaying apparatus, the base part 70 of the base member 60 is first placed on an installation surface of any table, etc. The second pass hole 33 a of the bracket member 30 for table mounting, which is coupled to both side walls of the monitor body 10, is placed so as to mutually communicate with the first pass hole 81 formed in the stand part 80. The coupling member 50 is inserted within the first pass hole 81 so as to engage the female screw 42 a of the rotating member 40 coupled with the second pass hole 33 a with the male screw part 53 a of the coupling member 50, thereby enabling the displaying apparatus 1 to be easily installed as a table-mounted type displaying apparatus (see FIG. 9). [0073] When the monitor body 10 is rotated forward or backward about the rotational axis centered around the coupling member 50, while the coupling member 50 is being coupled to the rotating member 40 to control the visual angle of the monitor body 10 in the displaying apparatus 1 installed as the table-mounted type displaying apparatus, the monitor body 10 is limited in the degree of rotation to correspond with the rotation range of the guide part 46 inserted within the elongated hole 33 a, thereby controlling the visual angle of the displaying apparatus. [0074] Where the displaying apparatus 1 is installed on a wall as shown in FIG. 10, the base part 70 of the base member 60 is first positioned on an installation surface and the cover member 74, which covers the depressed part 71 formed on each corner of the base part 70, is removed. Then, the bolt 73 a is inserted within the bolt-inserting hole 73 formed on the depressed part 71 and screw-coupled to the installation surface, thereby fixedly positioning the base member 60. [0075] The second pass hole 33 b of the bracket member 30 for wall mounting, which is coupled to both side walls of the monitor body 10, is placed so as to mutually communicate with the first pass hole 81, which is formed in the stand part 80. The coupling member 50 is then inserted within the first pass hole 81 so as to engage the female screw 42 a of the rotating member 40 coupled with the second pass hole 33 b with the male screw part 53 a of the coupling member 50. Since the monitor body 10 is supported by the base member 60 fixed on a wall side, as shown in FIG. 10, the displaying apparatus 1 can easily be installed as a wall-mounted type displaying apparatus. The method of controlling the visual angle of the monitor body 10 is the same as described above in the table-mounted type displaying apparatus. [0076] The processes of installing the displaying apparatus 1 on the ceiling, as shown in FIG. 11, are generally the same as those of installing the displaying apparatus 1 on the wall described above, except for the installation surface which is the ceiling rather than the wall, and the second pass hole being second pass hole 33 c for the ceiling mount rather than being 33 b for the wall mount. [0077] In the above-described embodiments of the present invention, installation places of the displaying apparatus 1 can be easily changed by providing the second pass holes 33 a, 33 b, 33 c and the rotating member 40 on the bracket member 30 and providing the first pass hole 81 on the stand part 80, the stand part being selectively coupled to one of the plurality of second pass holes 33 a, 33 b, 33 c by the coupling member 50. However, as illustrated in FIG. 12, a plurality of hooking parts 61 is fixedly provided in the base member 60 and a plurality of hook-receiving parts 11, which is detachably engaged with the plurality of hooking parts 61 of the base member 60, respectively, are provided on opposite side walls of the monitor body 10, thereby coupling the base member 60 and the monitor body 10 by a hook structure. [0078] In the displaying apparatus 1 according to the present invention, auxiliary devices 90 such as loudspeakers or LCD panels also can be installed on the monitor body 10 (see FIG. 13). [0079] The auxiliary devices 90 are mounted to the bracket member 30 described above. The auxiliary devices 90 are fixedly positioned on the monitor body 10 by a connection supporting member 93 supportedly interconnecting the bracket member 30 and the auxiliary devices 90. Hereinbelow, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with, for example, a loudspeaker as the auxiliary device 90 detachably coupled to the monitor body 10. [0080] A bracket member 30 a for the auxiliary device is positioned on a side wall surface of the loudspeaker 90 opposite to an installation surface of the monitor body 10. The bracket member 30 a comprises components formed of stainless steel, which is the same as for the bracket member 30 described above. [0081] The connection supporting member 93 comprises a first unit member 95 and a second unit member 98, which are combined with each other by a ball joint, as illustrated in FIG. 14. [0082] On one end of the first unit member 95 is formed a ball housing 96. To the ball housing 96 is provided a male screw 97, which engages with the female screw 42 a of one of the bracket members 30 and 30 a for the monitor body 10 and the auxiliary device 90. [0083] On one end of the second unit member 98 is formed a ball 99 which is freely and rotatably housed in the ball housing 96 of the first unit member 95. To the ball 99 is provided a hooking part 100, which is hooked into a main body 42 of the other of the bracket members 30 and 30 a for the monitor body 10 and the auxiliary device 90. [0084] With this configuration, the auxiliary device 90 can be engaged into and disengaged from the displaying apparatus 1 through the following processes. [0085] The male screw 97 of the first unit member 95 is engaged with the female screw 42 a of the bracket member 30 positioned on the installation surface of the monitor body 10 on which a user desires to install the auxiliary device 90 (see FIG. 15). Thus, when one end of the unit member 94 is fixed to the monitor body 10, the second unit member 98 provided with the hooking part 100 is exposed to the side wall of the monitor body 10. Then, the user connects the hooking part 100 exposed to the side wall of the monitor body 10 with the main body 42 of the bracket member 30 a for the auxiliary device, thereby with ease detachably coupling the auxiliary device 90 to the monitor body 10 (see FIG. 16). Thus, the installation angle of the auxiliary device 90 is easily controlled by the connection supporting member 93 of the ball joint as shown in FIG. 17. [0086] In the displaying apparatus 1, disengagement of the auxiliary device 90 from the monitor body 10 can be performed in a reverse process to that which is described above. [0087] In the above-described embodiment, the first and second unit members 95, 97 of the connection supporting member 93 interconnected by a ball joint structure are provided and the auxiliary device 90 is rotatably provided relative to the monitor body 10. However, in the case that no control is needed over the angle of the auxiliary device 90 positioned relative to the monitor body 10, a variety of connection supporting members can be provided. For example, the connection supporting member may have a male screw formed on one end thereof and a hooking part formed on the other end thereof. [0088] In the above-described embodiment, the auxiliary devices 90 are displaced on both sides of the monitor body 10. However, the auxiliary devices 90 can be positioned on the top or on the bottom of the monitor body 10. In such a case, the bracket member 30 provided in the monitor body 10 is also positioned on the top or on the bottom of the monitor body 10 so as to allow the auxiliary device 90 to be coupled to the top or bottom of the monitor body 10. [0089] In the above-described embodiment, a pair of auxiliary devices is only installed to the monitor body 10. However, one or more other auxiliary devices can also be connected to the auxiliary device 90. For example, multi-screens can be formed by connecting one or more LCD panel s to an LCD panel provided as the auxiliary device 90. Even in such a case, each of the one or more other auxiliary devices and the auxiliary device 90 are interconnected by the bracket member 30 a for the auxiliary device and the connection supporting member 93. [0090] In the above-described embodiment, a separate auxiliary device, for example, an LCD panel or a loudspeaker, etc., is fixed to the monitor body 10 of the LCD panel. However, as illustrated in FIG. 18, the auxiliary device 90 can be applied detachably combining a displaying apparatus in a different type of mounting configuration or a main body of an electronic device 7 in a different kind of mounting configuration. In this case, the above-described bracket members 30, 30 a are provided on both side walls of the main body 7 as predetermined and the auxiliary device 90 a, respectively, and the main body 7 and the auxiliary device 90 a are interconnected by the connection supporting member 93. [0091] Thus, according to the present invention a displaying apparatus that can be easily changed to (from) a wall-mounted type displaying apparatus from (to) a table-mounted type displaying apparatus, thereby increasing convenience to users is provided. [0092] Further, a displaying apparatus in which auxiliary devices can be easily attached to and detached from a monitor body is provided. [0093] According to the present invention a coupling device for electronic appliances in which auxiliary devices can be easily attached to and detached from a predetermined main body is provided. [0094] Although a few preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in this embodiment without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0033] These and other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the preferred embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which: [0034]FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of a conventional displaying apparatus; [0035]FIG. 2 is a perspective view demonstrating a conventional displaying apparatus which is installed as a wall-mounted type displaying apparatus; [0036]FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of a displaying apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention; [0037]FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a base member of FIG. 3; [0038]FIG. 5 is an exploded view of a monitor body of FIG. 3; [0039]FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a front and a rear of a bracket member of FIG. 5; [0040]FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the bracket member of FIG. 3; [0041]FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 4 showing �A� of FIG. 4; [0042]FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a displaying apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention which is installed as a table-mounted type; [0043]FIGS. 10 and 11 are perspective views showing a displaying apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention which is installed as the wall-mounted type displaying apparatus; [0044]FIG. 12 is an exploded view of a displaying apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention; [0045]FIG. 13 is an exploded view of a displaying apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention; [0046]FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a connection supporting member of FIG. 13; [0047]FIGS. 15 through 17 are views depicting processes of installing the displaying apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention; and [0048]FIG. 18 is a perspective view of an electronic appliances and devices employing a coupling device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
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