Pinball machine with modular display

In a pinball maching including a lower playfield cabinet and an upper cabinet supported on the lower cabinet, a modular display assembly for providing a display of game information including player score and game status information, said modular display assembly comprising support means, a plurality of display means, interconnect means, and a display panel, said support means including a generally rectangular frame having top and bottom walls and a pair of side walls and having a front surface and a rear surface, said front surface having a plurality of recesses and a plurality of apertures through said support means from said front surface to said rear surface, the center portion of each recess being cut away defining certain ones of said apertures and the peripheral edges of each recess defining a mounting shoulder, each of said display means including a display unit for displaying game information and a display circuit board having the display unit mounted on the forward surface thereof, and being located in a different one of said recesses of said support means, with the peripheral edge of the display circuit board engaging said mounting shoulder of said recess of said support means adjacent to said apertures and including means in cooperative engagement with at least first and second ones of said display means through said apertures securing said display means to said support means, said display panel having clear and opaque areas and being located at said front surface of said support means forward of said display means, enclosing said display means within said support means with its clear areas in registration with said display units, exposing them to view, said forward edge of said frame cut back defining first and second shoulders in first and second opposing walls for receiving said display panel in flush relationship with the forward edge of said frame, and said support means further comprises locking means locking said display panel to said frame, said frame defining securing means for securing said locking means to said frame.

In a pinball machine including a lower playfield cabinet and an upper cabinet supported on the lower cabinet, a modular display assembly for providing a display of game information including player score and game status information, said modular display assembly comprising support means, first and second display means, interconnect means, and a display panel, said support means including a frame having a front surface and a rear surface, said front surface having a plurality of recessed portions and a plurality of apertures through said frame from said front surface to said rear surface, each of said display means being located in a different one of said recessed portions of said frame and including a display unit for displaying game information, and control signal distribution means for extending control signals to said display units, said interconnect means including an interconnect circuit board, a set of conductors disposed on a surface of said interconnect circuit board and connector means connected to said conductors, said interconnect circuit board being located rearwardly of said frame adjacent to ones of said apertures in the proximity of said first and second display means with its connector means extending through said apertures interconnecting the control signal distribution means of said first and second display means, said display panel having clear and opaque areas and being located on said front surface of said support means forward of said first and second display means, enclosing both said display means within said frame with its clear areas in registration with said display units exposing them to view, said support means further including locking means for locking said display panel to said frame.

In a pinball machine including a lower playfield cabinet and associated control circuits and an upper cabinet supported on the lower cabinet, a modular display assembly for providing a display of game information including player score and game status information, said modular assembly comprising support means, a plurality of display means, interconnect means, and a display panel, said support means including a frame having a front surface and a rear surface and at least one aperture through said frame from said front surface to said rear surface, each of said display means including mounting means of an electrically insulating material, a display unit mounted on said mounting means for displaying game information, and a set of control signal distribution conductors disposed on said mounting means with at least certain ones of said conductors being connected to said display unit, one of said display means further including a set of input conductors selectively connected to said control signal distribution conductors, and connector means for connecting said input conductors to the control circuits, said plurality of display means being located at the front surface of said frame adjacent to said apertures, said interconnect means being located at the rear surface of said frame adjacent to said apertures and including means disposed in cooperative relationship with said plurality of display means through said apertures for securing said display means to said frame, said interconnect means including interconnect conductor means interconnecting control signal distribution conductors of said one display means with corresponding control signal distribution conductors of another one of said display means, said display panel being located at the front surface of said frame enclosing said first and second display means therewithin and defining a clear display area for exposing said display units to view.