Granted Patent B2

US 12,193,187 · App. 18/658,411 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventors: William Dunn (Alpharetta, GA); Marcos Diaz (Alpharetta, GA); Andrew Lincoln (Atlanta, GA)

Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.

H05K7/202B60L53/302B60L53/305G02F1/133385G02F1/133603H05K5/0214H05K7/20909H05K7/20972

Abstract

Claims (58)

1. A display assembly comprising:

a mounting structure comprising a dedicated central airflow pathway for a first flow of ambient air;

a first set of one or more fans located along the dedicated central airflow pathway for moving the first flow of ambient air when activated;

electronic equipment for operating said display assembly located along said dedicated central airflow pathway; and

side assemblies, each removably attached to a respective side of said mounting structure at an elevated position and comprising a cover, a display layer located rearward of the cover, one or more dedicated side assembly airflow pathways separated from the dedicated central airflow pathway and extending exclusively within a respective one of the side assemblies, and an additional set of one or more fans located along the one or more dedicated side assembly airflow pathways for moving air through the one or more dedicated side assembly airflow pathways when activated;

wherein said mounting structure and said dedicated central airflow pathway extend, in part, below said side assemblies; and

wherein at least some of said electronic equipment is located along a portion of said dedicated central airflow pathway extending below said side assemblies.

2. The display assembly of claim 1 wherein:

the dedicated central airflow pathway extends in a vertical direction between the side assemblies.

3. The display assembly of claim 1 wherein:

the dedicated central airflow pathway is separated from the side assemblies in accordance with at least ingress protection code IP65.

4. The display assembly of claim 1 wherein:

the dedicated central airflow pathway does not extend within any of the side assemblies; and

each of the one or more dedicated side assembly airflow pathways are entirely contained within the respective one of the side assemblies.

5. The display assembly of claim 1 wherein:

said one or more dedicated side assembly airflow pathways each comprise at least one of: a cooling channel for a dedicated flow of the ambient air through the respective side assembly and a closed loop airflow pathway for a dedicated flow of circulating gas within the respective side assembly.

6. The display assembly of claim 5 wherein:

said one or more dedicated side assembly airflow pathways each comprise both of: the cooling channel and the closed loop airflow pathway.

7. The display assembly of claim 6 wherein:

said closed loop airflow pathway of each of said side assemblies comprises a front channel located between said cover and said display layer and a rear channel located behind said display layer.

8. The display assembly of claim 1 wherein:

said at least some of said electronic equipment is configured to provide functionality other than operation of said side assemblies.

9. The display assembly of claim 8 wherein:

at least some of said electronic equipment is electrically independent of each of said side assemblies.

10. The display assembly of claim 8 wherein:

said at least some of said electronic equipment comprises electric vehicle charging equipment.

11. The display assembly of claim 1 wherein:

said display layer of each of said side assemblies comprises at least one liquid crystal cell; and

each of said side assemblies comprises an illumination device comprising a light emitting diodes arranged to provide direct backlighting to said display layer.

12. The display assembly of claim 1 further comprising:

one or more cavities located along the dedicated central airflow pathway, wherein the electronic equipment is located within the one or more cavities.

13. The display assembly of claim 12 wherein:

the one or more cavities comprise at least one of: an upper cavity located between said side assemblies and a lower cavity located below the side assemblies.

14. The display assembly of claim 1 further comprising:

each of the side assemblies comprise additional electronic equipment for operating at least the respective side assembly.

15. The display assembly of claim 1 wherein:

each of said side assemblies is moveably mounted to said mounting structure; and

said side assemblies comprise at least two of the side assemblies positioned at said mounting structure to face in opposing directions.

16. The display assembly of claim 1 wherein:

said at least some of said electronic equipment comprises one or more of power modules, video players, network connectivity equipment, and sensors.

17. A display assembly comprising:

a mounting structure comprising a central airflow pathway for a flow of ambient air;

electronic equipment for operating said display assembly located along said dedicated central airflow pathway, at least a subset of which is configured to provide functionality other than operation of the side assemblies; and

side assemblies, each attached to said mounting structure at an elevated position and comprising a cover, a display layer located rearward of the cover, one or more side assembly airflow pathways, each extending exclusively within a respective one of the side assemblies, and additional electronic equipment for operating the respective one of said side assemblies;

wherein the central airflow pathway extends in a vertical direction between the side assemblies and is structurally partitioned from the side assembly airflow pathway of each of the side assemblies;

wherein said mounting structure and said dedicated central airflow pathway extend, in part, below said side assemblies; and

wherein said subset of said electronic equipment is located along a portion of said dedicated central airflow pathway extending below said side assemblies;

wherein said one or more side assembly airflow pathways comprise an open airflow pathway and a closed, continuous airflow pathway.

18. A display assembly comprising:

a mounting structure comprising a central airflow pathway for a flow of ambient air where at least a majority of said central airflow extends longitudinally in a vertical direction;

a first set of one or more fans located along the dedicated central airflow pathway for moving the first flow of ambient air when activated;

electronic equipment for operating said display assembly located along said central airflow pathway, at least a subset of which are electrically isolated from the side assemblies and provide functionality other than operation of said side assemblies, said subset of said electronic equipment comprising one or more of power modules, video players, network connectivity equipment, and sensors;

a first set of one or more fans located along the central airflow pathway for generating the flow when operated; and

side assemblies, each removably attached to said mounting structure at an elevated position and comprising a cover, a display layer located rearward of the cover, one or more side assembly airflow pathways, each extending exclusively within a respective one of the side assemblies, and an additional set of one or more fans configured to generate a flow through the side assembly airflow pathway when operated such that the flow through the side assembly airflow pathways are independently controllable from one another and from the flow through the dedicated central airflow pathway;

wherein said mounting structure and said dedicated central airflow pathway extend, in part, below said side assemblies;

wherein said subset of said electronic equipment is located along a portion of said dedicated central airflow pathway extending below said side assemblies; and

wherein the central airflow pathway is structurally partitioned from the side assembly airflow pathway of each of the side assemblies in accordance with at least ingress protection code IP65;

wherein said one or more side assembly airflow pathways comprise an open airflow pathway and a closed, continuous airflow pathway.

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