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US 12,684,747 B2Granted
Method for thermally managing a communications box of a display assembly
AssigneeManufacturing Resources International, Inc.
InventorMike Brown
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Abstract
Methods for thermally managing a communications box of a display assembly are provided along with related systems and apparatus. Electronic components are installed within the communications box. A plate with one or more apertures is provided within, and divides, an interior portion of the communications box. One or more fans located within the communications box are activated to force a flow of air within the communications box, including through each of the one or more apertures in the convection aperture plate.
Claims19
A method for thermally managing a communications box of a display assembly, said method comprising:
- receiving a request to install electronic components at the communications box for the display assembly, wherein said electronic components include a first electronic component requiring a first level of airflow, and a second component requiring a second level of airflow;
- providing a convection aperture plate for installation within the communications box, wherein the convection aperture plate divides an interior portion of the communications box when installed, comprises one or more apertures, and is configured to meet airflow requirements of said electronic components specified in said request when installed, including by sizing the convection aperture plate to create a barrier within the interior portion of the communications box when installed with at least one of the one or more apertures adjacent to a planned location of said first component and a solid material adjacent to a planned location of said second component;
- installing said convection aperture plate and said electronic components within the communications box;
- and
- activating one or more fans located within the communications box to force a flow of ambient air within the communications box, including through each of the one or more apertures in the convection aperture plate.
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A method for thermally managing a communications box of a display assembly, said method comprising:
- providing the display assembly, said display assembly comprising a frame, an electronic display subassembly connected to the frame and comprising a first exhaust portion and an electronic display panel with a viewing face oriented to face a first direction, said communications box connected to said frame at a location above and spaced apart from said electronic display subassembly, an intake portion located at a lower portion of said communications box between said communications box and an upper portion of said electronic display subassembly, and a second exhaust portion located at said communications box;
- installing electronic components within the communications box;
- providing a plate within the communications box, wherein the plate divides an interior portion of the communications box, comprises one or more apertures, and has an upper and lower surface oriented transverse to the viewing face of the electronic display panel;
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- activating fans to force a flow of ambient air through the intake portion, into and within the communications box, including through each of the one or more apertures in the plate, out the first exhaust portion, and out the second exhaust portion, as well as into the electronic display subassembly, wherein a first one of said fans is located within the communications box and a second one of said fans is located within the electronic display subassembly.
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A method for thermally managing a communications box of a display assembly, said method comprising:
- receiving a request to install electronic components at the communications box for the display assembly;
- planning locations for said electronic components within the communications box;
- designing a convection aperture plate for installation within the communications box, wherein the plate-is-a-convection aperture plate is configured to span an interior portion of the communications box to divide the interior portion of the communications box when installed and wherein the convection aperture plate includes apertures at locations corresponding to planned locations of the electronic components;
- installing said convection aperture plate and said electronic components within said communications box, including installing said electronic components at said planned locations within said communications box;
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- activating one or more fans located within the communications box to force a flow of ambient air within the communications box, including through each of apertures in the convection aperture plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.