Flat panel display device having a wide adjusting range of a visual angle

• US 6,050,535 A
• Filed: 12/30/1998
• Issued: 04/18/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Suk-io
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Szumny, Jon A
• Application Number:
  US09/222,826
• Time in Patent Office: 475 Days
• Field of Search: 248/917, 248/918, 248/919, 248/920, 248/921, 248/922, 248/923, 248/924, 248/371, 248/415, 248/131, 248/133, 248/346.03, 248/349.1, 248/183.2, 248/398, 361/686, 345/903, 345/905
• US Class Current: 248/371
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/08 Foot or support base
• 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 248/919 Adjustably orientable video screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/923 Tilting

Abstract

A flat panel display device that rotates smoothly in a horizontal direction and has a wide swiveling angle for easy adjustment of a visual angle. The flat panel display device includes a display unit that has a flat panel for displaying an image, and a stand to support the display unit, with a circular recess located at a top portion of the stand. A hinge member connects the display unit to the stand and includes a ring-shaped rotation member. The rotation member has a first portion and a second portion, with the second portion positioned below the first portion. The second portion has an inner diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the first portion, and two stoppers are positioned in the second portion. A holder is fixed to the circular recess of the stand to secure the rotation member within the stand. The holder includes two claws that are engaged to a bottom surface of the rotation member, and a protrusion member, formed at an outer circumference of the holder, to come in contact with the stoppers.

Claims

1. A flat panel display device comprising:

a display unit having a flat panel to display an image;

a stand, having a circular recess, to support said display unit;

a hinge member, including a ring-shaped rotation member having a bottom surface, rotatably secured within the circular recess of said stand, the rotation member having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion positioned below the first portion and having two stoppers and an inner diameter that is less than an inner diameter of the first portion; and

a holder, fixed to the circular recess of said stand to secure the rotation member within said stand, having a protrusion member, formed along an outer circumference thereof to come in contact with the stoppers, and downward extending claws engaged with the bottom surface of the rotation member.

2. The flat panel display device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a pair of tilting shafts fixed to the rotation member, wherein said hinge member includes a rotation bracket assembly fixed to said display unit and pivots about the tilting shafts.

3. The flat panel display device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the rotation bracket assembly includes:

bracket pieces pivotably positioned at respective one ends of the tilting shafts, and

a pair of connecting pieces respectfully fixing the tiling shafts to the rotation member.

4. The flat panel display device as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a cover to cover the hinge member.

5. The flat panel display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circular recess of said stand has a plurality of thruholes positioned within the inner diameter of the second portion of the rotation member, and the holder has a plurality of bosses formed at a lower surface thereof corresponding to the thruholes.

6. The flat panel display device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the holder has holes formed at the lower surface, and the circular recess of said stand includes at least two pins, the pins being positioned between the thruholes to function as a reference position to fix the holder to said stand, and wherein the pins are inserted within the holes of the holder.

7. The flat panel display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stoppers are positioned along a front portion of the rotation member, and the protrusion member of the holder is positioned along a rear portion of the rotation member when the holder is engaged with the rotation member.

8. The flat panel display device as claimed in claim 7, wherein an angle between the stoppers is approximately equal to 240°

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9. The flat panel display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein an angle between the stoppers is approximately equal to 240°

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10. The flat panel display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotation member has a first opening and the circular recess of the stand has a second opening, with a plurality of cylindrical bodies positioned at regular intervals around the second opening, and two pins, each pin being positioned between two of the plurality of cylindrical bodies, wherein the plurality of cylindrical bodies and the pins are positioned within the first opening of the rotation member to reduce friction between the circular recess and the rotation member.

11. The flat panel display device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the holder has a plurality of bosses and holes formed along a lower surface thereof, and wherein the pins are inserted within the holes and the plurality of bosses are mated with the plurality of cylindrical bodies through the opening of the rotation member.

12. The flat panel display device as claimed in claim 11, further comprising fasteners inserted through the plurality of cylindrical bodies from a bottom portion of the circular recess and fastened to the bosses of the holder that are mated with the cylindrical bodies so that the rotation member is not in contact with the holder as the rotation member is rotated within the circular recess of the stand.

13. A display device, comprising:

a display unit having a flat panel to display an image;

a stand to support the display unit;

a rotation member to adjust the display unit, rotatably secured within the stand and having an opening and two stoppers, the stoppers being positioned along an inner front portion of the rotation member; and

a holder having a protrusion member extending outward from an outer circumference of a rear portion of the holder, and claws that pass through and are positioned under the opening of the rotation member to form a gap between the rotation member and the holder, wherein the stoppers come in contact with the protrusion member during rotation of the rotation member to define a rotating range of the rotation member.

14. The display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the rotation member includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion positioned below the first portion and having an inner diameter that is less than an inner diameter of the first portion, and wherein the stoppers are positioned along the second portion and protrude upward and beyond the first portion.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the holder includes a lower surface and the rotation member is not in contact with the lower surface of the holder during rotation of the rotation member.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the rotating range is approximately equal to 240°

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17. The display device as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

a pair of tilting shafts fixed to the rotation member;

a rotation bracket assembly, fixed to the display unit, that pivots about the tilting shafts and includes bracket pieces pivotably positioned at respective one ends of the tilting shafts; and

a pair of connecting pieces respectively fixing the tilting shafts to the rotation bracket assembly.

18. The display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the stand has a circular recess and the rotation member is rotatably positioned within the circular recess, and the holder is fixed to the circular recess to secure the rotation member within the stand.

19. The display device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the rotation member has a first opening and the circular recess of the stand has a second opening, with a plurality of cylindrical bodies positioned at regular intervals around the second opening, and two pins, each pin being positioned between two of the plurality of cylindrical bodies, wherein the plurality of cylindrical bodies and the pins are positioned within the first opening of the rotation member to reduce friction between the circular recess and the rotation member.

20. The display device as claimed in claim 19, further comprising fasteners, wherein the holder has a plurality of bosses and holes formed along a lower surface thereof, the pins are inserted within the holes, and the plurality of bosses are mated with the plurality of cylindrical bodies through the opening of the rotation member, and the fasteners are inserted through the plurality of cylindrical bodies from a bottom portion of the circular recess and fastened to the bosses of the holder that are mated with the cylindrical bodies so that the rotation member is not in contact with the holder as it is rotated within the circular recess of the stand.