Method of manufacturing a door frame subassembly for an electronic display assembly
AssigneeManufacturing Resources International, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Dunn, Tim Hubbard, Fletcher Bean, Matt Dosch
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Abstract
Methods of manufacturing a door frame subassembly for an electronic display assembly and related systems and apparatuses are disclosed. A material is extruded to form a frame. The material is bent into a rectangular shape with rounded corners to define an opening. Notches may be formed in the frame to facilitate the bending. A remaining gap in the material is joined, such as by a bracket at a lower portion of the opening to secure the frame to itself.
Claims13
A method of manufacturing a door frame subassembly for an electronic display assembly, said method comprising:
- extruding metal for a frame, including forming a perimeter surface and a ledge for receiving a cover layer of the electronic display assembly, where the ledge is recessed from an upper edge and a lower edge of the perimeter surface such that at least a majority of the perimeter surface, including the lower edge, extends on a first side of the ledge and where the ledge extends outward at least substantially perpendicular from, and extends along, an interior facing surface of the perimeter surface;
- bending the extruded metal into a rectangular shape with rounded corners defining an opening with a remaining gap, wherein the recessed ledge extends into said opening;
- joining the remaining gap;
- installing said cover layer to a first surface of said recessed ledge facing said upper edge, wherein the cover layer is transparent or translucent;
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- installing said door frame subassembly to a remainer of the electronic display assembly such that said cover layer is positioned forward of an electronic display layer of the electronic display assembly and a second surface of said recessed ledge opposing said first surface faces an interior of the electronic display assembly and said lower edge of said perimeter surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.