SUPPORTING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20100207006A1
• Filed: 10/15/2008
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Hyo Jun
• Application Number:
  US12/738,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20100207006A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/625
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• 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 2200/041 for balancing rotational movement of the head
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

Provided is a supporting apparatus for a display device. The supporting apparatus includes a fixing bracket, a set bracket, and a connecting assembly. The set bracket is connected to the display device and is capable of tilting with respect to the fixing bracket. The connecting assembly is connecting the set bracket and the fixing bracket. The connecting assembly includes a tension member generating biasing force over a portion of a tilting range of the display device.

Claims

1. A supporting apparatus for a display device, the supporting apparatus comprising:

a fixing bracket;

a set bracket connected to the display device and capable of tilting with respect to the fixing bracket; and

a connecting assembly connecting the set bracket and the fixing bracket, wherein the connecting assembly comprises a tension member generating biasing force over a portion of a tilting range of the display device.

2. The supporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tension member moves elastically in upward and downward directions.

3. The supporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connecting assembly further comprises:

a connecting member pivotably connected to the set bracket and connected to the fixing bracket to be capable of sliding and pivoting; and

a supporting member pivotably connected to the connecting member and the fixing bracket, wherein the tension member is elastically deformed during sliding of the connecting member.

4. The supporting apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a guide shaft connecting the connecting member and the fixing bracket; and

a shaft connecting the supporting member and the fixing bracket, wherein the tension member has one end fixed to the shaft and the other end selectively supported on the guide shaft.

5. The supporting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the tension member comprises:

a tension portion that elastically moves; and

a guide portion extending from one end of the tension portion, for guiding movement of the guide shaft.

6. The supporting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the guide portion defines a moving space for the guide shaft, and the guide shaft moves within the moving space.

7. The supporting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the guide portion comprises a bent portion selectively contacting the guide shaft, the bent portion moving in concert with the guide shaft when the guide shaft contacts the bent portion.

8. The supporting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the tension portion expands when the display device is completely tilted in one direction,

the tension portion contracts during tilting of the display device in the opposite direction, and

the guide shaft moves along the guide portion when the display device is tilting in the opposite direction, with the tension portion completely contracted.

9. The supporting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the tension portion maintains a contracted state when the display device is completely tilted in one direction,

the tension portion maintains the contracted state until the display device is tilted by a predetermined angle in the opposite direction, and

the tension portion expands when the display device is tilted past a predetermined angle in the opposite direction.

10. The supporting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the fixing bracket comprises a slot for guiding upward and downward movement of the guide shaft.

11. The supporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connecting assembly is a lower connecting assembly, and the supporting apparatus further comprises an upper connecting assembly connecting the set bracket and the fixing bracket.

12. The supporting apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the upper connecting assembly comprises:

a first arm pivotably connected to the set bracket; and

a second arm pivotably connected to the fixing bracket, wherein

the first arm and the second arm are pivotably connected through a hinge shaft, and the tension member is provided on the hinge shaft.

13. The supporting apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the tension member of the upper connecting assembly exerts biasing force in a folding direction of the upper and lower arms.

14. A supporting apparatus for a display device, the supporting apparatus comprising:

a fixing bracket;

a set bracket connected to the display device to be capable of tilting with respect to the fixing bracket;

a connecting member pivotably connecting the set bracket and the fixing bracket;

a supporting member pivotably connected to the connecting member and the fixing bracket; and

a tension member selectively generating biasing force during tilting of the display device, wherein

the display device is capable of tilting in both directions,

the tension member moves elastically in one direction within a predetermined tilting range during tilting of the display device in the one direction, and the tension member moves elastically in the opposite direction within a predetermined tilting range during tilting of the display device in the opposite direction.

15. The supporting apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising:

a guide shaft connecting the connecting member to the fixing bracket; and

a slot formed in the fixing bracket, for guiding sliding of the guide shaft.

16. The supporting apparatus according to claim 15, wherein

the tension member comprises:

a tension portion that moves elastically; and

a guide portion extending from the tension portion, wherein the guide portion guides upward and downward movement of the guide shaft.

17. The supporting apparatus according to claim 16, wherein

the tension portion maintains an expanded state when the guide shaft has completely moved to one end of the slot,

the tension portion contracts during moving of the guide shaft toward the opposite end of the slot, and

the guide shaft moves along the slot and the guide portion when the tension portion is completely contracted.

18. The supporting apparatus according to claim 16, wherein

the guide portion comprises a bent portion selectively contacting the guide shaft,

the tension portion expands or contracts when the guide shaft contacts the bent portion, and

the guide shaft moves with respect to the guide portion when the guide shaft is separated from the bent portion.

19. The supporting apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a connecting assembly connecting an upper end of the set bracket to the fixing bracket, wherein the connecting assembly comprises:

a first arm connected to the set bracket;

a second arm connected to the fixing bracket and the first arm;

a hinge shaft enabling pivoting of the first arm and the second arm; and

a tension member provided on the hinge shaft.

20. The supporting apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the tension member of the connecting assembly exerts biasing force in a folding direction of the first and second arms.