Computer system having a monitor movably coupled to a main body

• US 6,522,530 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2001
• Issued: 02/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Bang, Seog
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi, Jayprakash N.
• Application Number:
  US09/791,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20020015282A1
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679, 361/681, 361/682, 361/683, 361/686, 361/801, 361/825, 248/200, 248/220.21, 248/917-924, 163/67
• US Class Current: 361/679.06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1631 Panel PC, e.g. single housing hosting PC and display panel
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support

Abstract

A computer system includes a monitor assembled with a main body. The computer system further has a swiveling member installed between the main body and the monitor, for allowing the monitor to be laterally swivelled relative to the main body, and a tilting member assembled with the swiveling member, for allowing the monitor to be tilted transversely relative to the swiveling movement of the swiveling member. With this configuration, the monitor can be tilted and swiveled relative to the main body.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

a main body having a plurality of electrical components to control the computer system;

a monitor assembled with the main body, providing a variable video display of the data from the main body;

a swiveling member installed between the main body and the monitor allowing the monitor to be laterally swiveled relative to the main body, and

a tilting member assembled with said swiveling member allowing the monitor to be tilted transversely relative to the swiveling movement of said swiveling member, with said swiveling member comprising;

a first bracket coupled to the main body and having a first hinge hole formed through a plane of said first bracket; and

a second bracket rotatably coupled relative to said first bracket and having a second hinge hole communicating with the first hinge hole.

2. The computer system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an elongated hole having a form of a cam profile and formed through the plane of said first bracket; and

a projection projected out of a plane of said second bracket and inserted into the elongated hole of said first bracket, defining a rotation degree of the second bracket relative to said first bracket.

3. The computer system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a rotatable pin integrally inserted into the first and second hinge holes; and

a nut provided to at least one end of said rotatable pin, said nut coupling said rotatable pin to said first bracket and said second bracket.

4. The computer system according to claim 1, with said tilting member comprising:

a shaft connected to one end of said second bracket; and

a third bracket having one end coupled to the monitor and a second end inserted into said shaft, said third bracket being rotated along a circumference of said shaft.

5. The computer system according to claim 4, further comprising another one of said third bracket, said pair of third brackets being detachably connected to each end of said shaft.

6. The computer system according to claim 5, further comprising a first unit for limiting the rotation degree of said second bracket relative to said shaft.

7. The computer system according to claim 6, with said first unit comprising:

a stopper projected out of each end portion of said shaft; and

a cut part formed in each one of said third brackets, the cut part being caught in said stopper with a predetermined locus when said third bracket is rotated.

8. The computer system according to claim 4, further comprising a compensation part for compensating a center of gravity of the monitor relative to the main body.

9. The computer system according to claims 8, with said compensation part comprising a pair of twisted coil springs having one end disposed to the second bracket and a second end being disposed to said third bracket, said pair of twisted coil springs being elastically biased opposite to the rotation direction of said third bracket.

10. The computer system according to claim 1, with at least one engagement hole being formed in the plane of said first bracket along the circumference said first bracket, and the first hinge hole being located in the center of said first bracket.

11. The computer system according to claim 1, with said swiveling member being disposed on a side of the top of the main body.

12. The computer system according to claim 4, further comprising:

a bracket accommodating portion provided on a portion of the monitor toward the main body, said bracket accommodating portion allowing said tilting member to be coupled thereto; and

a bracket cover coupled to said bracket accommodating portion to cover said third bracket.

13. A computer system, comprising:

a main body having a plurality of electrical components to control the computer system;

a monitor assembled with the main body, providing a variable video display of the data from the main body;

a swiveling member installed between the main body and the monitor allowing the monitor to be laterally swiveled relative to the main body; and

a tilting member assembled with said swiveling member allowing the monitor to be tilted transversely relative to the swiveling movement of said swiveling member,

with said tilting member comprising;

a shaft connected to one end of said swiveling member;

a third bracket having one end coupled to the monitor and a second end inserted into said shaft, said third bracket being rotated along a circumference of said shaft,

another one of said third bracket, said pair of third brackets being detachably connected to each end of said shaft; and

a limiting unit limiting the rotation degree of a second bracket relative to said shaft, with said limiting unit comprising;

a stopper projected out of each end portion of said shaft; and

a cut part formed in each said third bracket, the cut part being caught in said stopper with a predetermined locus when the third bracket is being rotated.

14. A method for assembling a computer with a monitor, comprising:

disassembling a top cover from a main body of a computer system, said main body having a plurality of electrical components controlling the computer system;

disposing abase part of a first bracket in a bracket accommodating portion of said main body;

securing said first bracket to said bracket accommodating portion by inserting fastening members into respective holes of said first bracket and said bracket accommodating portion, said first bracket having a first hinge hole;

attaching a portion of a second bracket upon said base part, said second bracket rotatably coupled relative to said first bracket and having a second hinge hole aligned with the first hinge hole;

inserting a pin into the first and second hinge holes for coupling said second bracket with said first bracket;

inserting a projection formed on said second bracket into an elongated hole formed on said first bracket, the elongated hole having a form of a cam profile and formed through the plane of said first bracket;

securing a shaft into a shaft accommodating portion of said second bracket with a fastening member;

inserting in sequence a ring member, a twisted coil spring and a third bracket into each end of said shaft with a plurality of washers between each, said third bracket rotatable along a circumference of said shaft, said ring member being circular and having a rib, said ring member being disposed within a cut part of said third bracket, said twisted coil springs compensating a center of gravity of a monitor relative to said main body;

disposing a coupling part of said third bracket in a bracket accommodating portion of said monitor, said monitor providing a variable video display from the data of said main body; and

fastening said third bracket to said monitor.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of covering said bracket accommodating portion of said main body with a first bracket cover and said bracket accommodating portion of said monitor with a second bracket cover.

16. The method of claim 15, with said swiveling member being disposed on a side of the top of said main body and adjacent to a corner of said main body.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of installing a base plate in a planar type detachably on a bottom of said main body, said base plate supporting said main body and said monitor.