Vehicle display carrier with heat sink
AssigneeStoneridge Electronics AB
InventorsJan Lindstedt, Jon Möller, Håkan Hedenberg, Mattias Sjögren, Daniel Thomas
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Abstract
A vehicle display assembly includes a display configured to graphically depict information. A printed circuit board (PCB) is in communication with the display. A carrier is clamped between the display and PCB to form an instrument cluster assembly. The carrier includes cooling fins.
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A vehicle display assembly comprising:
- a display configured to graphically depict information;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) in communication with the display, the PCB having at least one of a processor and a memory chip;
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- a carrier clamped between the display and PCB to form an instrument cluster assembly the display secured to the carrier at multiple fastening points, the carrier is a metallic structure, and the at least one of the processor and the memory chip engages the carrier and faces the display.
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The vehicle display assembly of claim 15, wherein the carrier has a carrier perimeter that includes a pair of long edges and a pair of short edges, wherein the cooling fins extend along the one of the long edges at least 75% of its width.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.