Monitor apparatus

• US 20050041379A1
• Filed: 08/20/2004
• Published: 02/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jang, Se-Ki
• Granted Patent: US 7,336,478 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.270
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/045 adapted to left-right translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/046 adapted to upward-downward translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2057 for tilting and rolling F16M11/2078 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/28 Undercarriages for supports with one single telescoping pillar
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 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 Class Codes: G06F 2200/1612 Flat panel monitor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/92 Angular and linear video display screen support adjustment

Abstract

A monitor apparatus includes a monitor main body displaying a picture; a base member supporting the monitor main body; a connecting member combined to the base member, and supporting the monitor main body to be pivoted; a first guide plate having a first side pivotably combined to the connecting member, and a second side to be slidably combined to the monitor main body; a sliding unit provided between the first guide plate and the monitor main body and supporting the first guide plate to be slidable on the monitor main body; and a link unit having a first side combined to a rear side of the monitor main body and a second side combined with the connecting member, so that the monitor main body moves up and down with respect to the base member by sliding on the first guide plate when the first guide plate pivots with respect to the connecting member.

Claims

1. A monitor apparatus comprising:

a monitor main body displaying an image;

a base member supporting the monitor main body;

a connecting member combined to the base member, and supporting the monitor main body to be pivoted;

a first guide plate having a first side pivotably combined to the connecting member, and a second side to be slidably combined to the monitor main body;

a sliding unit provided between the first guide plate and the monitor main body and supporting the first guide plate to be slidable on the monitor main body; and

a link unit having a first side combined to a rear side of the monitor main body and a second side combined with the connecting member, wherein the monitor main body moves up and down with respect to the base member by sliding on the first guide plate when the first guide plate pivots with respect to the connecting member.

2. The monitor apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first guide plate comprises a guide groove, wherein the second side of the link unit passes through the guide groove and is combined to the connecting member, and the guide groove is formed to prevent the first guide plate from being interrupted by the link unit when the first guide plate is pivoting with respect to the connecting member.

3. The monitor apparatus of claim 2, wherein the guide groove of the first guide plate limits an angle formed when the monitor main body is pivoting with respect to the base member, and the length of the guiding groove is predetermined depending on a range of the angle.

4. The monitor apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sliding unit comprises:

at least one guide rail combined to one of the first guide plate and the rear side of the monitor main body; and

a sliding member combined to the other one of the first guide plate and the rear side of the monitor main body to be slidably combined to the guide rail.

5. The monitor apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a second guide plate provided between the rear side of the monitor main body and the at least one guide rail and the sliding member, which is combined to the rear side of the monitor main body, wherein the first side of the link unit is combined to the second guide plate.

6. The monitor apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a pivoting bracket provided between the connecting member and the first guide plate, wherein the first guide plate is pivotably combined with the pivoting bracket, and the second side of the link unit is combined with the pivoting bracket.

7. The monitor apparatus of claim 6, wherein one of the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate comprises a pivoting shaft, and the other one of the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate comprises a pivoting shaft hole pivotably accommodating the pivoting shaft.

8. The monitor apparatus of claim 7, wherein the pivoting shaft protrudes and passes through the pivoting shaft hole.

9. The monitor apparatus of claim 8, wherein the pivoting shaft comprises a stopper on an end part thereof to prevent the pivoting shaft from being loosened from the pivoting shaft hole.

10. The monitor apparatus of claim 9, wherein the stopper is bent such that the end part of the pivoting shaft which passes through the pivoting shaft hole contacts with an edge of the pivoting shaft hole, to generate rotation friction between the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate.

11. The monitor apparatus of claim 7, further comprising at least one washer provided on the pivoting shaft to generate rotation friction between the first guide plate and the pivoting bracket.

12. The monitor apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a tilting hinge provided in an upper part of the connecting member, to tiltably combine the pivoting bracket with the connecting member.

13. The monitor apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a pivoting bracket provided between the connecting member and the first guide plate, wherein the first guide plate is pivotably combined with the pivoting bracket, and the second side of the link unit is combined with the pivoting bracket.

14. The monitor apparatus of claim 13, wherein one of the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate comprises a pivoting shaft, and the other one of the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate comprises a pivoting shaft hole pivotably accommodating the pivoting shaft.

15. The monitor apparatus of claim 14, wherein the pivoting shaft protrudes and passes through the pivoting shaft hole.

16. The monitor apparatus of claim 15, wherein the pivoting shaft comprises a stopper on an end part thereof to prevent the pivoting shaft from being loosened from the pivoting shaft hole.

17. The monitor apparatus of claim 16, wherein the stopper is bent such that the end part of the pivoting shaft which passes through the pivoting shaft hole contacts with an edge of the pivoting shaft hole, to generate rotation friction between the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate.

18. The monitor apparatus of claim 14, further comprising at least one washer provided on the pivoting shaft to generate rotation friction between the first guide plate and the pivoting bracket.

19. The monitor apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a tilting hinge provided in an upper part of the connecting member, to tiltably combine the pivoting bracket with the connecting member.

20. The monitor apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a pivoting bracket provided between the connecting member and the first guide plate, wherein the first guide plate is pivotably combined with the pivoting bracket, and the second side of the link unit is combined with the pivoting bracket.

21. The monitor apparatus of claim 20, wherein one of the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate comprises a pivoting shaft, and the other one of the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate comprises a pivoting shaft hole pivotably accommodating the pivoting shaft.

22. The monitor apparatus of claim 21, wherein the pivoting shaft protrudes and passes through the pivoting shaft hole.

23. The monitor apparatus of claim 22, wherein the pivoting shaft comprises a stopper on an end part thereof to prevent the pivoting shaft from being loosened from the pivoting shaft hole.

24. The monitor apparatus of claim 23, wherein the stopper is bent such that the end part of the pivoting shaft which passes through the pivoting shaft hole contacts with an edge of the pivoting shaft hole, to generate rotation friction between the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate.

25. The monitor apparatus of claim 21, further comprising at least one washer provided on the pivoting shaft to generate rotation friction between the first guide plate and the pivoting bracket.

26. The monitor apparatus of claim 20, further comprising a tilting hinge provided in an upper part of the connecting member, to tiltably combine the pivoting bracket with the connecting member.

27. The monitor apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a pivoting bracket provided between the connecting member and the first guide plate, wherein the first guide plate is pivotably combined with the pivoting bracket, and the second side of the link unit is combined with the pivoting bracket.

28. The monitor apparatus of claim 27, wherein one of the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate comprises a pivoting shaft, and the other one of the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate comprises a pivoting shaft hole pivotably accommodating the pivoting shaft.

29. The monitor apparatus of claim 28, wherein the pivoting shaft protrudes and passes through the pivoting shaft hole.

30. The monitor apparatus of claim 29, wherein the pivoting shaft comprises a stopper on an end part thereof to prevent the pivoting shaft from being loosened from the pivoting shaft hole.

31. The monitor apparatus of claim 30, wherein the stopper is bent such that the end part of the pivoting shaft which passes through the pivoting shaft hole contacts with an edge of the pivoting shaft hole, to generate rotation friction between the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate.

32. The monitor apparatus of claim 28, further comprising at least one washer provided on the pivoting shaft to generate rotation friction between the first guide plate and the pivoting bracket.

33. The monitor apparatus of claim 27, further comprising a tilting hinge provided in an upper part of the connecting member, to tiltably combine the pivoting bracket with the connecting member.

34. The monitor apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a pivoting bracket provided between the connecting member and the first guide plate, wherein the first guide plate is pivotably combined with the pivoting bracket, and the second side of the link unit is combined with the pivoting bracket.

35. The monitor apparatus of claim 34, wherein one of the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate comprises a pivoting shaft, and one of the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate comprises a pivoting shaft hole pivotably accommodating the pivoting shaft.

36. The monitor apparatus of claim 35, wherein the pivoting shaft protrudes and passes through the pivoting shaft hole.

37. The monitor apparatus of claim 36, wherein the pivoting shaft comprises a stopper on an end part thereof to prevent the pivoting shaft from being loosened from the pivoting shaft hole.

38. The monitor apparatus of claim 37, wherein the stopper is bent such that the end part of the pivoting shaft which passes through the pivoting shaft hole contacts with an edge of the pivoting shaft hole, to generate rotation friction between the pivoting bracket and the first guide plate.

39. The monitor apparatus of claim 35, further comprising at least one washer provided on the pivoting shaft to generate rotation friction between the first guide plate and the pivoting bracket.

40. The monitor apparatus of claim 34, further comprising a tilting hinge provided in an upper part of the connecting member, to tiltably combine the pivoting bracket with the connecting member.

41. The monitor apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first guide plate comprises a guide groove, wherein the second side of the link unit passes through the guide groove and is combined to the pivoting bracket at a position separate from a center of the pivoting shaft.

42. The monitor apparatus of claim 34, wherein an angle and a height of the monitor main body are adjustable relative to the base member by pivoting the first guide plate in a direction relative to the pivoting bracket depending on combination locations of the link unit and the pivoting bracket, and of the link unit and the second guide plate.

43. The monitor apparatus of claim 34, wherein the link unit further comprises:

a first hinge shaft and a second hinge shaft respectively combined to a screw hole on end parts thereof; and

spirals formed on end parts of the first hinge shaft and the second hinge shaft.

44. The monitor apparatus of claim 34, wherein a center axis of rotation of the first guide plate and a center axis of rotation of the link unit are different, and the link unit mechanically controls the second guide plate to slide on the first guide plate.

45. The monitor apparatus of claim 10, wherein the monitor main body is rotatable when the rotation friction is overcome by a predetermined force applied by a user.

46. The monitor apparatus of claim 17, wherein the monitor main body is rotatable when the rotation friction is overcome by a predetermined force applied by a user.

47. The monitor apparatus of claim 24, wherein the monitor main body is rotatable when the rotation friction is overcome by a predetermined force applied by a user.

48. The monitor apparatus of claim 31, wherein the monitor main body is rotatable when the rotation friction is overcome by a predetermined force applied by a user.

49. The monitor apparatus of claim 38, wherein the monitor main body is rotatable when the rotation friction is overcome by a predetermined force applied by a user.

50. The monitor apparatus of claim 34, wherein the guide groove is arc-shaped and comprises a connection point between the link unit and the pivoting bracket, wherein when the first guide plate rotates with respect to the connecting member, a connection point between the link unit and the second guide bracket rotates about the connection point between the link unit and the pivoting bracket, to allow the second guide plate to slide upward relative to the first guide plate.

51. A monitor apparatus comprising:

a monitor main body displaying an image;

a base member supporting the monitor main body; and

a connecting member combined to the base member, and supporting the monitor main body to be pivoted,

wherein the monitor main body is rotatably connected to the connecting member and a height, an angle and a position of the monitor main body are adjustable to prevent the monitor main body from contacting with the base member and a flat surface on which the monitor apparatus is located, by controlling a distance between the monitor main body and the base member when the monitor main body is pivoting relative to the base member.

52. A monitor apparatus comprising:

a monitor main body displaying an image;

a base member supporting the monitor main body;

a connecting member combined to the base member, and supporting the main body to be pivoted, wherein the connecting member is integrally formed to allow the monitor main body to move up and down, and pivot relative to the base member.