# US 12,216,506 B2 · Display device

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- Number: US 12,216,506 B2
- Document ID: US12216506B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/587,042
- Filed: 2024-02-26
- Published: 2024-08-08
- Granted: 2025-02-04
- Earliest claimed: 2021-07-21
- Assignees: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicants: LG Electronics Inc.
- Inventors: Jaehun Lee; Kangyeung Lee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12216506B2

## CPC

- 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)}
- G06F 1/166: {related to integrated arrangements for adjusting the position of the main body with respect to the supporting surface, e.g. legs for adjusting the tilt angle}
- F16M 11/04: Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand
- F16M 11/06: allowing pivoting
- F16M 11/105: {the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation}
- F16M 11/16: Details concerning attachment of head-supporting legs, with or without actuation of locking members thereof
- F16M 11/18: with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
- F16M 11/2064: {for tilting and panning (F16M11/2078 takes precedence)}
- F16M 11/22: with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs (F16M11/42 takes precedence)
- F16M 11/24: changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, {e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other}(F16M11/42 takes precedence)
- F16M 11/42: with arrangement for propelling the support {stands on wheels}
- F16M 13/022: {repositionable}
- G06F 1/16: Constructional details or arrangements
- G06F 1/1654: {the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use}
- G06F 3/1454: {involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay}
- G09G 3/20: for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix {no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters}
- H04M 1/04: Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
- H04N 5/64: Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers (furniture aspects {of television cabinets} A47B81/06)
- H04N 21/436: Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB {or one or more peripheral devices} inside the home
- H04N 21/4363: Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network
- G06F 2200/1614: Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
- G09G 2340/045: Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
- G09G 2340/0492: Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
- G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user
- G09G 2370/06: Consumer Electronics Control, i.e. control of another device by a display or vice versa
- G09G 2370/16: Use of wireless transmission of display information
- H04M 1/72409: by interfacing with external accessories (hands-free H04M1/60)
- H04M 2250/16: including more than one display unit
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A display device including a base, a head spaced apart from the base and including a display panel, a pole extending from the base toward the head, a connector coupled to the head, an elevating module coupled to the pole and moving at the pole in a length direction of the pole, and an arm including one side connected to the connector and the other side connected to the elevating module, wherein the connector includes a front bracket coupled to the head at a rear of the head, a rear bracket rotatably connected to the front bracket with a pivot axis, and a holder rotatably connected to the rear bracket with a tilt axis, wherein the holder includes a holder body rotatably connected to the tilt axis, and a rotation body connected with the holder body and the one side of the arm, wherein the arm comprises a swivel groove formed at the one side of the arm, wherein the rotation body of the holder is inserted into the swivel groove of the arm and rotates at the swivel groove with respect to a swivel axis, wherein an upper bushing washer includes a tooth at an edge of the upper bushing washer, wherein the upper bushing washer is disposed on an upper side of the rotation body and the tooth of the upper bushing washer is inserted and fixed in the rotation body, wherein a lower bushing washer includes a tooth at an edge of the lower bushing washer, wherein the lower bushing washer is disposed on a lower side of the rotation body and the tooth of the lower bushing washer is inserted and fixed in the rotation body, wherein an upper fixing washer includes a tooth at an edge of the upper fixing washer, wherein the upper fixing washer is disposed on an upper side of the swivel groove of the arm and the tooth of the upper fixing washer is inserted and fixed in the arm, wherein a lower fixing washer includes a tooth at an edge of the lower fixing washer, wherein the lower fixing washer is disposed on a lower side of the swivel groove of the arm and the tooth of the lower fixing washer is inserted and fixed in the arm, and wherein the swivel axis is inserted into the upper fixing washer, the upper bushing washer, the lower bushing washer, and the lower fixing washer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display device comprising:
a base;
a head spaced apart from the base and including a display panel;
a pole extending from the base toward the head;
a connector coupled to the head;
an elevating module coupled to the pole and moving at the pole in a length direction of the pole; and
an arm including one side connected to the connector and the other side connected to the elevating module,
wherein the connector comprises:
a front bracket coupled to the head at a rear of the head;
a rear bracket rotatably connected to the front bracket with a pivot axis;
a holder rotatably connected to the rear bracket with a tilt axis, and
a rotation unit connecting the holder with the one side of the arm,
wherein the arm comprises a swivel groove formed at the one side of the arm,
wherein the rotation unit is inserted into the swivel groove of the arm and rotates at the swivel groove with respect to a swivel axis,
wherein an upper fixing washer includes a tooth at an edge of the upper fixing washer,
wherein the upper fixing washer is disposed on an upper side of the swivel groove of the arm and the tooth of the upper fixing washer is inserted and fixed in the arm,
wherein a lower fixing washer includes a tooth at an edge of the lower fixing washer,
wherein the lower fixing washer is disposed on a lower side of the swivel groove of the arm and the tooth of the lower fixing washer is inserted and fixed in the arm, and
wherein a fastening member providing the swivel axis is inserted into the swivel groove and the rotation unit, and the fastening member is inserted into the upper fixing washer and the lower fixing washer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display device of claim 1, wherein a first direction of the pivot axis and a second direction of the tilt axis cross each other, and
wherein a third direction of the swivel axis and the second direction of the tilt axis cross each other.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The display device of claim 2, wherein the first direction of the pivot axis and the third direction of the swivel axis cross each other.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The display device of claim 1, wherein the fastening member penetrates the upper fixing washer, the rotation unit, and the lower fixing washer.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The display device of claim 4, wherein the swivel groove is provided at the one side of the arm in a horizontal direction and the fastening member is inserted into the upper side and the lower side of the swivel groove.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The display device of claim 1, wherein the connector comprises a coiled spring on the tilt axis, and wherein one end of the coiled spring is supported by the holder and the other end of the coiled spring is supported by the rear bracket.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The display device of claim 6, wherein the rear bracket includes a seating part bent from the rear bracket, and wherein the one end of the coiled spring is fixed to the holder and the other end of the coiled spring is in contact with the seating part such that the coiled spring provides the holder or the rear bracket with elastic force.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The display device of claim 1, wherein the rotation unit has a circular shape and the swivel groove corresponds to the rotation unit such that the rotation unit is inserted into the swivel groove, and
wherein one of the rotation unit or the swivel groove includes a guide groove in a circumferential direction of the rotation unit and the other one of the rotation unit or the swivel groove includes a protrusion inserted into the guide groove such that the guide groove limits the movement of the protrusion in the swivel groove.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The display device of claim 8, wherein the rotation unit includes a guide groove in the circumferential direction of the rotation unit, and
wherein the swivel groove includes a protrusion inserted into the guide groove such that the guide groove limits the rotation angle of the rotation unit in the swivel groove.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The display device of claim 1, wherein an upper bushing washer includes a flange at an edge of the upper bushing washer,
wherein the upper bushing washer is disposed on an upper side of the rotation unit and the flange of the upper bushing washer is inserted and fixed in the rotation unit,
wherein a lower bushing washer includes a flange at an edge of the lower bushing washer,
wherein the lower bushing washer is disposed on a lower side of the rotation unit and the flange of the lower bushing washer is inserted and fixed in the rotation unit,
wherein the upper bushing washer fixed to the rotation unit rotates relative to the upper fixing washer fixed to the arm at the swivel groove, and
wherein the lower bushing washer fixed to the rotation unit rotates relative to the lower fixing washer fixed to the arm at the swivel groove.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The display device of claim 10, wherein the upper fixing washer includes a pair of teeth inserted into the arm, or
wherein the lower fixing washer includes a pair of teeth inserted into the arm.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The display device of claim 11, wherein the pair of teeth is opposite to each other with respect to the swivel axis.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The display device of claim 1, wherein the arm includes an upper arm body and a lower arm body facing the upper arm body and being apart from the upper arm body such that the swivel groove is formed between the upper arm body and the lower arm body, and
wherein the rotation unit is inserted into the swivel groove between the upper arm body and the lower arm body.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The display device of claim 13, wherein the arm includes a groove into which the tooth of the upper fixing washer or the tooth of the lower fixing washer is inserted, and
wherein the groove is formed at the upper arm body or the lower arm body.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The display device of claim 10, wherein the upper fixing washer faces the upper bushing washer and the lower fixing washer faces the lower bushing washer.