Motorized mount for electronic display

• US 20070158515A1
• Filed: 01/03/2007
• Published: 07/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Legrand AV Inc. (Legrand SA)
• Original Assignee: Legrand AV Inc. (Legrand SA)
• Inventors: Dittmer, Jay, Gill, Scott
• Application Number:
  US11/649,338
• Publication Number:
  US 20070158515A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/283.100
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/08 around a vertical axis , e.g. panoramic heads F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/38 by folding , e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/061 Scissors arms

Abstract

A motorized mount for an electronic display includes a biaxially shiftable mount assembly including a positioning assembly being translatably shiftable in a plane and a rotator assembly operably coupled to the positioning assembly, the rotator assembly being rotatably shiftable about an axis, the axis being orthogonally disposed relative to the plane. A method of selectively positioning an electronic display is further included.

Claims

1. A motorized mount for an electronic display, comprising:

a wall interface assembly fixable to a wall, a display device interface couplable to the electronic display, and a positioning assembly operably coupled intermediate the wall interface assembly and the display device interface, the positioning assembly being selectively extendable relative to the wall interface assembly for translably positioning the electronic display by means of a shiftable scissor arm assembly.

2. The motorized mount of claim 1, the positioning assembly including a screw and positioning block, the positioning block being threadedly engaged with the screw and being operably coupled to the scissor arm assembly, rotation of the screw in either a first direction about a longitudinal axis or in a second opposed direction about the longitudinal axis acting to axially translate the positioning block relative to the screw.

3. The motorized mount of claim 2 wherein axially translation of the positioning block relative to the screw in a first direction acts to extend the scissor arm assembly and axially translation of the positioning block relative to the screw in a second opposed direction acts to retract the scissor arm assembly.

4. The motorized mount of claim 2, an extending motor being operably coupled to the screw for selectively effecting rotation of the screw in either the first direction about the longitudinal axis or in the second opposed direction about the longitudinal axis.

5. The motorized mount of claim 4, the extending motor being actuatable remotely.

6. The motorized mount of claim 1, the scissor arm assembly having a first and a second pair of parallelly disposed arms, the first pair of arms being operably coupled to the second pair of arms at a common pivot.

7. The motorized mount of claim 6, wherein actuation of the scissor arm assembly acts to simultaneously angularly shift the first pair of arms and the second pair of arms relative to each other about the common pivot.

8. The motorized mount of claim 1, further including a rotator assembly for selectively rotating the electronic display in a generally horizontal plane relative to the positioning assembly.

9. The motorized mount of claim 8, the rotator assembly including a rotator motor operably coupled to a gear train, the gear train being operably coupled to the display device interface for selectively imparting opposing biases to the display device interface for effecting bidirectional rotation of the display device interface.

10. The motorized mount of claim 9, the rotator motor being actuatable remotely.

11. A motorized mount for an electronic display, comprising:

a biaxially shiftable mount assembly including a positioning assembly being translatably shiftable in a plane and a rotator assembly operably coupled to the positioning assembly, the rotator assembly being roatably shiftable about an axis, the axis being orthogonally disposed relative to the plane.

12. The motorized mount of claim 11, the positioning assembly including a shiftable scissor arm assembly, actuation of the scissor arm assembly acting to selectively translate a display device interface in two opposed directions in the plane.

13. The motorized mount of claim 12, the scissor arm assembly having a first and a second pair of parallelly disposed arms, the first pair of arms being operably coupled to the second pair of arms at a common pivot.

14. The motorized mount of claim 13, wherein actuation of the scissor arm assembly acts to simultaneously angularly shift the first pair of arms and the second pair of arms relative to each other about the common pivot.

15. The motorized mount of claim 11, the positioning assembly including a screw and positioning block, the positioning block being threadedly engaged with the screw and being operably coupled to the scissor arm assembly, rotation of the screw in either a first direction about a longitudinal axis or in a second opposed direction about the longitudinal axis acting to axially translate the positioning block relative to the screw.

16. The motorized mount of claim 11, the rotator assembly including a rotator motor operably coupled to a gear train, the gear train being operably coupled to the display device interface for selectively imparting opposing biases to the display device interface for effecting bidirectional rotation of the display device interface about the axis.

17. A method of selectively positioning an electronic display, comprising:

biaxially shifting a mount assembly by means of;

translatably shifting a positioning assembly in a plane;

operably coupling a rotator assembly to the positioning assembly; and

rotatably shifting the rotator assembly about an axis, the axis being orthogonally disposed relative to the plane.

18. The method of claim 17, including actuating a shiftable scissor arm assembly of the positioning assembly to selectively translate a display device interface in two opposed directions in the plane.

19. The motorized mount of claim 17, including selectively imparting opposing biases to a display device interface for effecting bidirectional rotation of the display device interface about the axis.

20. The method of claim 17, including remotely controlling translatably shifting the positioning assembly in the plane and rotatably shifting the rotator assembly about the axis.