Information handling system display support for viewing and inclined orientations
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsDuck Soo Choi, Kyu Sang Park
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Abstract
An all-in-one information handling system holds a display in a raised forward position with a support arm rotationally coupled at a rear side of the information handling system housing and a central location of the display. Gear arms integrated in the support arm engage a gear at the display and gear mechanism at the housing to synchronize rotation of the display from the forward and raised vertical position relative to the housing to a central and lower horizontal position by lowering the support arm to a horizontal position supported by the housing upper surface as the display rotates to the horizontal position.
Claims19
An information handling system comprising;
- a main housing configured to rest a bottom surface on a support surface;
- processing components disposed in the main housing and operable to process information;
- a display interfaced with the processing components and operable to present the information as visual images;
- and a support arm rotationally coupled at a first end to the main housing and at an opposing second end to the display, the support arm having pivot arm rotationally coupled at a first end to a rear side of the main housing and at a second end to a central location of the display, the support arm slidingly coupled to a gear arm, the gear arm engaged at a first end with a base synchronizing gear at the support arm first end and a display synchronizing gear at the support arm second end, the base synchronizing gear and the display synchronizing gear cooperating through the gear arm to translate movement of the display from a vertical orientation at a forward position and first height relative to the main housing to a horizontal orientation at a central position and second height relative to the main housing.
A method for coupling a display to an information handling system, the method comprising:
- rotationally coupling a support arm at a first end to a rear side of a housing of the information handling system;
- rotationally coupling the support arm at a second end to a central location at a rear side of the display;
- holding the display with the support arm in a vertical orientation at a front side of the housing;
- pushing against an upper side of the display to rotate the display from the vertical orientation towards a horizontal orientation;
- and translating rotation of the display from the support arm second end to the first end to rotate the support arm from an elevated position above the housing to a horizontal position resting on the housing, wherein the translating rotation further comprises:
- coupling a gear arm to the support arm in a sliding relationship;
- coupling a first gear to the first end of the support arm;
- coupling a second gear to the second end of the support arm;
- engaging the first gear with first teeth of the gear arm;
- engaging the second gear with second teeth of the gear arm;
- and translating rotation with a sliding motion of the gear arm.
A support arm comprising:
- first and second pivot arms held in a fixed parallel relationship;
- a first gear arm coupled in a sliding relationship with the first pivot arm, the first gear arm having teeth at opposing ends;
- a second gear arm coupled in a sliding relationship with the second pivot arm, the second gear arm having teeth at opposing ends;
- a first gear arrangement coupled to a first end of the first and second pivot arms and engaged with the first and second gear arm teeth;
- the first gear arrangement configured to couple to an information handling system housing;
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- a second gear arrangement coupled to a second end of the first and second pivot arms and engaged with the first and second gear arm teeth, the second gear arrangement configured to couple to a display;
- wherein rotation of the second gear arrangement translates by a sliding motion of the first and second gear arms relative to the first and second pivot arms to rotation of the first gear arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.