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US 10,795,413 B1Granted
Electronic display assembly with a channel for ambient air in an access panel
AssigneeManufacturing Resources International, Inc.
InventorWilliam Dunn
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Abstract
An assembly for an electronic display includes a digital side assembly and an access panel mounted to a frame. The digital side assembly includes a housing, a display layer located behind a cover panel, a front channel between the display layer and the cover panel, and a side assembly open loop channel behind the display layer. A cooling channel is located between the frame and the rear surfaces of the access panel and the digital side assembly. An open loop pathway for ambient air includes the side assembly open loop channel and an access panel open loop channel. A closed loop pathway for circulating gas includes the cooling channel and the front channel.
Claims20
An assembly for an electronic display comprising:
- a frame;
- a digital side assembly mounted to said frame and comprising:
- a housing;
- a cover panel;
- one or more display layers located behind said cover panel;
- a front channel located between said display layer and said cover panel;
- and
- a side assembly open loop channel located behind the display layer;
- an access panel mounted to said frame and comprising an access panel open loop channel;
- a cooling channel located within said frame and between a rear surface of said access panel and a rear surface of said digital side assembly;
- an open loop pathway for ambient air comprising said side assembly open loop channel and said access panel open loop channel;
- and
- a closed loop pathway for circulating gas comprising said cooling channel and said front channel.
10 more elements
The assembly of 6 further comprising:
- an intake opening for ingesting the ambient air located in said access panel;
- and
- an exhaust opening for exhausting the ambient air located in said access panel.
An assembly for an electronic display comprising:
- a frame having a first side and a second side which oppose one another;
- a digital side assembly mounted to the first side of said frame in a hinged fashion and comprising:
- a housing;
- a cover panel;
- a display layer located behind said cover panel;
- a front channel located between said display layer and said cover panel;
- a side assembly open loop channel located behind the display layer;
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- a corrugated layer located within the side assembly open loop channel;
- an access panel mounted to the second side of said frame in a hinged fashion and comprising an access panel open loop channel;
- a cooling channel located between said frame, a rear surface of said access panel, and a rear surface of said digital side assembly;
- a heat exchanger located in said cooling channel and comprising one or more closed loop layers for circulating gas and one or more open loop layers for ambient air;
- an open loop pathway for ambient air comprising said side assembly open loop channel, said access panel open loop channel, and said one or more open loop layers of the heat exchanger;
- and
- a closed loop pathway for circulating gas comprising said cooling channel, said front channel, and said one or more closed loop layers of the heat exchanger.
12 more elements
An assembly for an electronic display comprising:
- a frame having an upper side, a lower side, a right side, and a left side which form a substantially rectangular structure;
- a digital side assembly mounted to the upper side of said frame in a hinged fashion and comprising:
- a housing;
- a cover panel;
- one or more liquid crystal layers located behind, spaced apart from, and substantially parallel to said cover panel;
- a backlight layer located behind, spaced apart from, and substantially parallel to said liquid crystal layer;
- a front channel located between said liquid crystal layer and said cover panel;
- a digital side assembly interior panel located behind, spaced apart from, and substantially parallel to said backlight layer;
- and
- a side assembly open loop channel located between said backlight layer and said digital side assembly interior panel;
- an access panel mounted to the upper side of said frame in a hinged fashion such that said access panel is paced in a back to back arrangement with said digital side assembly, said access panel comprising:
- a rear panel comprised of an opaque material;
- an access panel interior panel located behind, spaced apart from, and substantially parallel to said rear panel;
- an access panel open loop channel located between said rear panel and said access panel interior panel;
- an intake opening located along a first side said rear panel;
- and
- an exhaust opening located along a second side said rear panel;
- a cooling channel located between said upper side, said left side, said right side, said lower side, said access panel interior panel, and said digital side assembly interior panel;
- a heat exchanger located in said cooling channel and comprising one or more closed loop layers for circulating gas and one or more open loop layers for ambient air;
- an open loop pathway for ambient air comprising said side assembly open loop channel, said access panel open loop channel, and said one or more open loop layers of the heat exchanger;
- a closed loop pathway for circulating gas comprising said cooling channel, said front channel, and said one or more closed loop layers of the heat exchanger;
- a number of closed loop fans positioned adjacent to said heat exchanger to force the circulating gas through the closed loop;
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- a number of open loop fans positioned adjacent to the exhaust opening to force the ambient air through the open loop.
21 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.