Display device with rail support
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a display device, elongate mount, and display module for displaying alphanumeric information to passengers of a mass transit vehicle. The display modules are mounted along a single edge to a elongate mount. The elongate mount includes at least one end cap which is made of a vibration dampening material. The louver of the display device includes a substantially continuous pressure member in order to place substantially continuous elongate contact to an area of an LED board that houses at least one heating element. The at least one heating element is covered by a thermally conductive foam that transmits heat from the elements to a heat sink of the display module.
1. A display module of a sign comprising:
a display assembly operable to receive electricity and produce a display from a first side thereof, the display assembly having at least one heat-emitting element mounted to a second side thereof;
a thermally conductive first enclosure member on the second side of the display assembly and in conductive thermal communication with the at least one heat-emitting element; and
a second enclosure member on the first side of the display assembly and operatively associated with the thermally conductive first enclosure member to sandwich the at least one heat-emitting element;
the second enclosure member adapted to abut the first side of the display assembly at a location substantially opposite a location of the at least one heat-emitting element on the second side and urge the heat-emitting element toward the thermally conductive first enclosure member.
2. The display module of a sign of claim 1 , wherein the display assembly is at least partially visible through the second enclosure member.
3. The display module of a sign of claim 1 , wherein said second enclosure member is affixed to said thermally conductive first enclosure member with snap fasteners.
4. The display module of a sign of claim 1 , wherein the at least one heat-emitting element is a display driver.
5. The display module of a sign of claim 1 , wherein the at least one heat-emitting element is an integrated circuit.
6. The display module of a sign of claim 1 , wherein the display assembly comprises a plurality of LEDs.
7. The display module of a sign of claim 1 , wherein the first enclosure member has a thickness that decreases away from the at least one heat-emitting element.
8. The display module of a sign of claim 1 , further comprising a thermal foam between the at least one heat-emitting element and the first enclosure member.
9. The display module of a sign of claim 8 , wherein the first enclosure member has ridges about the at least one heat-emitting element operable to maintain the thermal foam in relation to the heat-emitting element.
10. The display module of a sign of claim 1 , wherein the first enclosure member and the second enclosure member cooperate to substantially enclose the display assembly.
11. A display module of a sign comprising:
a display assembly circuit board including display emitting components mounted on a first side thereof and a heat-emitting element mounted on a second side thereof;
a thermally conductive first enclosure member adjacent the second side of the display assembly and including ridge members extending toward the second side to define an open region located opposed to the heat-emitting element;
a thermally conductive material filling the open region between the ridge members so as to conduct heat from the heat-emitting element to the first enclosure; and
a second enclosure member adjacent the first side of the display assembly and operatively associated with the thermally conductive first enclosure member to sandwich the display assembly circuit board therebetween.
12. The display module of a sign of claim 11 , wherein the display emitting components are visible through the second enclosure member.
13. The display module of a sign of claim 11 wherein the second enclosure member includes a projection sized and positioned to abut the first side of the display assembly at a location substantially opposite a location of the heat-emitting element on the second side and urge the heat-emitting element into the open region of the thermally conductive first enclosure member.
14. The display module of a sign of claim 11 , wherein said second enclosure member is affixed to said thermally conductive first enclosure member with snap fasteners.
15. The display module of a sign of claim 11 , wherein the heat-emitting element is a display driver.
16. The display module of a sign of claim 11 , wherein the heat-emitting element is an integrated circuit.
17. The display module of a sign of claim 11 , wherein the display emitting components comprise a plurality of LEDs.
18. The display module of a sign of claim 11 , wherein the first enclosure member has a thickness that decreases in at least one direction away from the region defined by the ridges.
19. The display module of a sign of claim 11 , wherein the thermally conductive material comprises a thermal foam.