US 7,503,538 B2
Flat panel display with angle adjuster
Guan-De Liou, Taipei (Taiwan); Chia-Pine Huang, Keelung (Taiwan); Li-Li Lai, Taipei County (Taiwan); and Stephen Tsai, Taipei County (Taiwan)
Assigned to Hannspree, Inc., Taipei (Taiwan)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/283,889.
Claims priority of application No. 94215927 U (TW), filed on Sep. 15, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0057140 A1, Mar. 15, 2007
Int. Cl. A47B 97/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 248—447  [248/923] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An angle adjuster for a flat panel display, comprising:
a pedestal; and
an arm member, having a first end coupled to a rear portion of the pedestal via a pedestal shaft and a second end coupled to a back portion of a flat panel display via a display shaft;
wherein the pedestal includes a positioning adjuster coupled to a bottom portion of the flat panel display to tilt the flat panel display thus adjusting the angle between the flat panel display and the pedestal;
wherein the positioning adjuster includes a stepless adjuster having an automatic transmission mechanism to move an adjusting portion that is coupled to the bottom of the flat panel display, forward or backward by using an electric motor, and stops at any arbitrary position within its range, thereby adjusting the angle between the flat panel display and the pedestal.