Display device

• US 9,778,681 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2015
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Richard, Owen, Bassett, Jonathan D., Quijano, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Haughton, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US14/743,550
• Publication Number:
  US 20150286244A1
• Time in Patent Office: 838 Days
• Field of Search: 36167921, 36167922, 3616793, 36167956, 36167957, 36167958, 36167926, 349 58, 349 59, 349 60
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• 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: 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 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0221 Locks; Latches
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0226 Hinges
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0234 Feet; Stands; Pedestals, e.g. wheels for moving casing on floor

Abstract

An example display device includes a display device stand and display device housing pivotably connected to display device stand. The display device housing is to pivot between a vertical operating position and a horizontal servicing position, and a lid portion of the display device housing is to rotatably open away from a back portion of the display device housing to provide access to components within the display device housing.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a display device stand comprising a base portion and a support arm;

a display device housing comprising a back portion and a lid portion; and

a lift assist coupled to the back portion and the lid portion,

wherein the lift assist comprises a gas cylinder to vertically push the lid portion into an open position,

wherein the display device housing is rotatably mounted on the support arm to pivot between a vertical operating position and a horizontal servicing position,

wherein the lid portion is releasably connected to the back portion and is rotatable with respect to the back portion via a hinge assembly to provide access to the interior of the display device housing, and

wherein the lid portion comprises a display screen component.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises an all-in-one computer.

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein the display device housing is substantially parallel to the base portion when the display device housing is in the horizontal servicing position, and wherein the display device housing is substantially perpendicular to the base portion when the display device housing is in the vertical operating position.

4. The display device of claim 1, wherein the back portion comprises a motherboard, central processing unit, power supply, and memory.

5. The display device of claim 1, wherein the lid portion comprises a latch assembly that releasably secures the lid portion to the back portion.

6. The display device of claim 1, wherein the display device is connected to a first end of the support arm, and the base assembly is connected to a second end of the support arm.

7. The display device of claim 1, wherein the lift assist further comprises a moveable rod.

8. An all-in-one computer, comprising:

a display device stand comprising a base portion and a support arm;

a display device housing pivotably mounted on the support arm and comprising a back portion and a lid portion; and

a lift assist coupled to the back portion and the lid portion,

wherein the lift assist comprises a gas cylinder to vertically push the lid portion into an open position,

wherein the lid portion comprises a display screen component,

wherein the back portion comprises a motherboard, central processing unit, power supply, and memory, and

wherein the lid portion is partially detachable from the back portion and rotatable with respect to the back portion via a hinge assembly connecting the lid portion and the back portion.

9. The all-in-one computer of claim 8, wherein the display device housing is pivotable between a vertical operating position and a horizontal servicing position.

10. The all-in-one computer of claim 9, wherein the display device housing is substantially parallel to the base portion when the display device housing is in the horizontal servicing position, and wherein the display device housing is substantially perpendicular to the base portion when the display device housing is in the vertical operating position.

11. The all-in-one computer of claim 9, further comprising a locking mechanism to lock the display device housing with respect to the display device when in the horizontal servicing position.

12. The all-in-one computer of claim 8, wherein the lift assist further comprises a moveable rod.

13. The all-in-one computer of claim 8, wherein the lid portion is able to rotate to a substantially perpendicular position with respect to the back portion when the lid portion is detached from the back portion.

14. The all-in-one computer of claim 8, wherein a first end of the support arm is connected to the base portion, and a second end of the support arm is connected to the display device housing.

15. A display device, comprising:

a display device stand comprising a moveable support arm;

a display device housing pivotably connected to the moveable support arm of the display device stand and comprising a back portion and a lid portion; and

a lift assist coupled to the back portion and the lid portion,

wherein the lift assist comprises a gas cylinder to vertically push the lid portion into an open position,

wherein the display device housing is to pivot between a vertical operating position and a horizontal servicing position, and

wherein the lid portion of the display device housing is to rotatably open away from the back portion of the display device housing to provide access to components within the display device housing.

16. The display device of claim 15, wherein a first side of the lid portion is connected to a first side of the back portion via a hinge assembly, and a second side of the lid portion is connected to a second side of the back portion via a latch assembly.

17. The display device of claim 16, wherein a first end of the moveable support arm is connected to a base portion of the display device stand, and a second end of the moveable support arm is connected to the display device housing.

18. The display device of claim 15, wherein the lid portion comprises a display screen component, and wherein the back portion comprises a motherboard, central processing unit, power supply, and memory.

19. The display device of claim 15, wherein the display device comprises an all-in-one computer.

20. The display device of claim 15, wherein the lift assist further comprises a moveable rod.