Tilt and swivel apparatus for a display monitor

• US 6,007,038 A
• Filed: 12/18/1998
• Issued: 12/28/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daewoo Lucoms Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Daewoo Electronics (Government of South Korea)
• Inventors: Han, Min Goo
• Primary Examiner(s): Berger, Derek J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NORNBERG, MICHAEL D
• Application Number:
  US09/215,196
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• Field of Search: 248/371, 248/346.06, 248/917, 248/919-923
• US Class Current: 248/371
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/923 Tilting

Abstract

An apparatus for tilting and swiveling a display monitor using a remote controller is provided. A tilt member detachably connected to the bottom surface of the display monitor is supported on the top surface of a swivel member. A plurality of guide blocks and an arcuate rack gear member are provided on the bottom surface of the tilt member. The guide blocks are accommodated in grooves of the swivel member to guide tilt movement of the tilt member relative to the swivel member. A motor moving back and forth by a solenoid device is mounted on the swivel member. A swivel member is provided on the end of the motor shaft so as to be engaged with a stationary gear member fixed on a vertical shaft of a base member. A tilt gear member is driven by the motor only when the motor moves backwards by the solenoid device and rotates the rack gear member of the tilt member. If a tilting or swiveling button of a remote controller is pressed, a power is applied directly to the motor or sequentially supplied to the solenoid device and the motor and the display monitor tilts or swivels.

Claims

1. An apparatus for tilting and swiveling a display monitor, comprising:

a tilt member adapted to be detachably connected to a bottom surface of the display monitor and having a convex bottom surface, a plurality of guide blocks extending downwardly from the bottom surface, and a rack gear member;

a swivel member supporting said tilt member thereon and having a plurality of grooves to guide said guide blocks, respectively, and a slot for said rack gear member to pass through;

a base member for rotatably supporting said swivel member around a vertical shaft thereon;

a stationary gear member fixed on the vertical shaft of said base member;

a swivel gear member adapted to be engaged with said stationary gear member;

a tilt gear member adapted to be engaged with said rack gear member of said tilt member;

a motor mounted on said swivel member so as to selectively drive either said swivel gear member or said tilt gear member; and

a solenoid device to force said motor to move back and forth relative to said swivel member so that a shaft of the motor is selectively coupled to either said swivel gear member or said tilt gear member.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a receiver for receiving a tilt signal or a swivel signal from a remote controller;

and

a controller for supplying a power to said solenoid device and/or said motor according to the signal received by the receiver.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said swivel gear member is fixedly mounted on the end of a shaft of the motor and said tilt gear member is coupled to and driven by the shaft of the motor when said swivel gear member disengages from said stationary gear member.