Monitor apparatus

• US 7,497,408 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2004
• Issued: 03/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Jeong-su, Ha, Sang-kyeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Shriver; J. Allen
• Assistant Examiner(s): EPPS, TODD MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US10/812,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20040203282A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,799 Days
• Field of Search: 248/284.1, 248/121, 248/125.2, 248/123.11, 248/125.9, 248/281.11, 248/280.11, 248/292.11, 248/292.13, 248/297.11, 248/371, 248/372, 248/917, 248918-924, 248/372.1, 248/274.1, 248/133, 248/138, 248/149, D14/371, 361/681, 361/682, 361/683, 361/825
• US Class Current: 248/284.1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2021 around a horizontal axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2092 comprising means allowing depth adjustment, i.e. forward-backward translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/24 changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each otherF16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/38 by folding , e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/044 for balancing rotational movement of the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/063 Parallelogram arms

Abstract

A monitor apparatus including a monitor and a base to support the monitor. The monitor apparatus further includes a first link provided between the monitor and the base; a second link provided between the monitor and the base adjacent to the first link; a base bracket combined to the base having first and second lower supporting parts to rotatably support lower parts of the first and second links, respectively; a connecting bracket rotatably combined to the monitor having first and second upper supporters to rotatably support upper parts of the first and second links, respectively. A first spring is interposed between the first link and the first lower supporting part to elastically bias the first link upward with respect to the base; and a second spring is interposed between the second link and the second lower supporting part to elastically bias the second link upward with respect to the base, where the distance between rotating axes of the first and second lower supporting parts, on which the first and second links are rotatably supported, respectively, is greater than the distance between tilting axes of the first and second upper supporters. Accordingly, the present invention provides a monitor apparatus in which a monitor can be adjusted in both height and a tilting angle as desired, where the height of the monitor is adjusted while keeping the tilting angle thereof in an angle suitable for a user to view the screen.

Claims

1. A monitor apparatus including a monitor, and a base to support the monitor, comprising:

a first link provided between the monitor and the base;

a second link provided between the monitor and the base, and adjacent to the first link;

a base bracket, combined to the base, the base bracket having first and second lower supporting parts to rotatably support lower parts of the first and second links, respectively;

a connecting bracket rotatably combined to the monitor, the connecting bracket having first and second upper supporters to be rotatably connected with upper parts of the first and second links, respectively, and a monitor coupler spaced from the first and second upper supporters, and rotatably combined to the monitor, wherein none of the first and second upper supporters and the monitor coupler are in axial alignment with each other and the monitor is tilted with respect to the connecting bracket to adjust a tilting angle of the monitor; and

a first spring interposed between the first link and the first lower supporting part, to elastically bias the first link upward with respect to the base,

wherein the first spring comprises a torsion spring having a first end coupled to the first lower supporting part, and a second end coupled to the first link.

2. The monitor apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a link rotation restrictive part to restrict a rotation angle of at least one of the first and second links relative to the base.

3. The monitor apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the link rotation restrictive part further comprises:

a protrusion protruding from the base bracket to restrict the rotation angle of at least one of the first and second links by making contact with an upper surface of at least one of the first and second links.

4. The monitor apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a monitor bracket combined to the monitor, and rotatably combined to the connecting bracket.

5. The monitor apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a monitor tilting restrictive part to restrict a tilting angle of the monitor bracket relative to the connecting bracket.

6. The monitor apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the monitor tilting restrictive part further comprises:

a projection protruding from the monitor coupler towards the connecting supporter of the monitor bracket; and

a stopping part formed by cutting an arc of the connecting supporter provided in the monitor bracket.

7. The monitor apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second spring,

wherein the second spring comprises a torsion spring having a first end removably coupled to the second lower supporting part, and a second end removably coupled to the second link.

8. The monitor apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second spring interposed between the second link and the second lower supporting part to elastically bias the second link upward with respect to the base,

wherein the distance between rotating axes of the first and second lower supporting parts that rotatably support the first and second links, respectively, is greater than the distance between tilting axes of the first and second upper supporters.

9. A monitor apparatus including a monitor and a base, comprising:

a first link extending from the monitor to the base;

a second link extending from the monitor to the base provided adjacent to the first link;

a base bracket combined to the base to support the first and second links, the base bracket comprising a first lower supporting part to rotatably support a lower part of the first link and a second lower supporting part to rotatably support a lower part of the second link;

a connecting bracket rotatably combined to the monitor, the connecting bracket comprising a first upper supporter to rotatably support an upper part of the first link and a second upper supporter to rotatably support an upper part of the second link;

a monitor bracket combined to the monitor, and rotatably combined to the connecting bracket; and

a rotation restrictive part to restrict at least one of a tilting angle of the monitor bracket and a rotation angle of at least one of the first and second angle with respect to the base,

wherein the connecting bracket includes a monitor coupler provided spaced from the first and second upper supporter, and rotatably combined to the monitor, and

none of the first and second upper supporters and the monitor coupler are in axial alignment with each other.

10. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the monitor bracket further comprises:

a connecting supporter protruding towards the connecting bracket.

11. The monitor apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the connecting supporter further comprises:

a through hole via which the monitor coupler is rotatably combined to the connecting supporter.

12. The monitor apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the distance between rotating axes of the first and second lower supporting parts that rotatably support the first and second links, respectively, is greater than the distance between tilting axes of the first and second upper supporters.

13. The monitor apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the connecting bracket rotates relative to the first and second links when the first and second links are rotated relative to the base.

14. The monitor apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the through hole has a non-circular shape.

15. The monitor apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the first and second upper supporters rotate when the first and second links are rotated relative to the base.

16. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the monitor coupler further comprises:

a protruding part protruding from the connecting bracket, and formed with a shaft holder in which a shaft is accommodated.

17. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the monitor coupler is not aligned with the first and second upper supporters.

18. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the connecting bracket does not rotate relative to the base when the first and second links are rotated.

19. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, wherein height of the monitor is adjusted by rotating the first and second links relative to the base.

20. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a link rotation restrictive part to restrict a rotation angle of at least one of the first and second links relative to the base.

21. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a first spring interposed between the first link and the base bracket.

22. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a second spring interposed between the second link and the base bracket.

23. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the rotation restrictive part further comprises:

a monitor tilting restrictive part to restrict a titling angle of the monitor bracket relative to the connecting bracket.

24. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the monitor tilting restrictive part further comprises:

a projection protruding from the monitor coupler towards the connecting supporter of the monitor bracket.

25. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a predetermined distance is provided between the first and second upper supporters of the connecting bracket.

26. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first link further comprises:

a pair of first lower couplers to rotatably combine with the base bracket; and

a pair of first upper couplers to rotatably combine with the connecting part.

27. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the second link further comprises:

a second lower coupler to rotatably combine with the base bracket; and

a second upper coupler to rotatably combine with the connecting part.

28. The monitor apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the sum of resilience due to the first and second springs is approximately equal to a weight of the monitor.

29. A monitor apparatus including a monitor, and a base to support the monitor, comprising:

a first link provided between the monitor and the base;

a second link provided between the monitor and the base, and adjacent to the first link;

a base bracket, combined to the base, the base bracket having first and second lower supporting parts to rotatably support lower parts of the first and second links, respectively;

a connecting bracket rotatably combined to the monitor, the connecting bracket having first and second upper supporters to be rotatably connected with upper parts of the first and second links, respectively, wherein the monitor is tilted with respect to the connecting bracket to adjust a tilting angle of the monitor; and

a rotation restrictive part to restrict at least one of a tilting angle of the monitor bracket and a rotation angle of at least one of the first and second angle with respect to the base,

wherein the connecting bracket comprises a shaft fitted to a spring to prevent the shaft rotation with respect to the connecting bracket, and

none of the first and second upper supporters and the shaft are in axial alignment with each other.

30. The monitor apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the rotation restrictive part comprises:

a monitor tilting restrictive part to restrict a tilting angle of the monitor bracket relative to the connecting bracket.

31. The monitor apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the spring comprises a flat spring.

32. A display apparatus comprising:

a screen body;

a base member supporting the screen body;

a first link member provided between the screen body and the base member, the first link member being rotatable with respect to the screen body at an upper end and being rotatable with respect to the base member at a lower end;

a second link member provided between the screen body and the base member, the second link member being rotatable with respect to the screen body at an upper end and being rotatable with respect to the base member at a lower end;

a base bracket coupling the base member with the lower end of the first link member and the lower end of the second link member; and

a connecting bracket coupling the screen body with the upper end of the first link member and the upper end of the second link member,

wherein the first link member and the second link member have a different axis of rotation at the upper ends and the lower ends,

the screen body is rotatable with respect to the connecting bracket, and

the upper ends of the first link member and the second link member and the screen body have axes of rotation that are parallel and apart from each other.

33. The display apparatus according to claim 32, wherein the distance between the axes of rotation of the lower ends of the first and second link members is greater than the distance between the axes of rotation of the upper ends of the first and second link member.

34. The display apparatus according to claim 32, wherein at least one of the first link member and the second link member has an H-shape.