Adjusting mechanism for a display and related mounting system

• US 9,447,913 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2012
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AOpen Incorporated
• Original Assignee: AOpen Incorporated
• Inventors: Chen, Chih-Hsiung
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu, Jonathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ijaz, Muhammad
• Application Number:
  US13/423,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20120305740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,647 Days
• Field of Search: 248/309.1, 248/917, 248/922, 248/923, 248/220.21, 248/201, 248/220.22, 248/223.41, 248/224.8, 248/225.11, 248/276.1, 248/284.1, 248/285.1, 248/286.1, 248/317, 248/323, 248/324
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/048 adapted to forward-backward translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/08 around a vertical axis , e.g. panoramic heads 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

Abstract

An adjusting mechanism for a display is disclosed in the present invention. The adjusting mechanism includes a supporter, a bridging component installed on the supporter, a holder for holding the display, a driving component movably disposed on the bridging component, and an actuating component disposed between the driving component and the holder. The driving component moves relative to the bridging component along a first direction to rotate the actuating component, and the actuating component moves the holder relative to the bridging component along a second direction different from the first direction when rotating, so as to adjust a distance between the supporter and the holder.

Claims

1. An adjusting mechanism comprising:

a supporter disposed on a wall;

a bridging component installed on the supporter, a first closed slot and a second closed slot being formed on the bridging component;

a holder for holding a display, the holder is movable between a first direction and a second opposite direction;

a driving component movably disposed inside the first closed slot on the bridging component, the driving component is movable relative to the bridging component along a third direction, said third direction being different from the first and second directions;

a guiding component movably disposed inside the second closed slot, the guiding component is movable relative to the bridging component in the first and second directions; and

an actuating component, being a rigid body, having a first end opposite to a second end, the actuating component movably disposed within a cavity of the bridging component such that the actuating component remains within confines of the bridging component when the holder moves in the first and second directions, the driving component passing through the first end and slidably inserting into the first closed slot, the guiding component passing through the second closed slot, the second end and the holder;

wherein the actuating component is configured to move the holder relative to the bridging component, so as to move the holder in the first and second directions, such that the display and the wall are substantially parallel relative to each other when the holder moves relative to the supporter.

2. The adjusting mechanism of claim 1, wherein the first direction is parallel to the second direction and the third direction is substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions.

3. A mounting system comprising:

a display; and

an adjusting mechanism for mounting the display, the adjusting mechanism comprising;

a supporter disposed on a wall;

a bridging component installed on the supporter, a first closed slot and a second closed slot being formed on the bridging component;

a holder, the display being slidably disposed on the holder, and the holder is movable between a first direction and a second opposite direction;

a driving component movably disposed inside the first closed slot on the bridging component, the driving component is movable relative to the bridging component along a third direction, said third direction being different from the first and second directions;

a guiding component movably disposed inside the second closed slot, the guiding component is movable relative to the bridging component in the first and second directions; and

an actuating component, being a rigid body, having a first end opposite to a second end, the actuating component movably disposed within a cavity of the bridging component such that the actuating component remains within confines of the bridging component when the holder moves in the first and second directions, the driving component passing through the first end and slidably inserting into the first closed slot, the guiding component passing through the second closed slot, the second end and the holder;

wherein the actuating component is configured to move the holder relative to the bridging component, so as to move the holder in the first and second directions, such that the display and the wall are substantially parallel relative to each other when the holder moves relative to the supporter.

4. The mounting system of claim 3, wherein the first direction is parallel to the second direction and the third direction is substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions.