US 11,895,782 B2
Vehicle display carrier with heat sink
Jan Lindstedt, Birmingham, MI (US); Jon Möller, Sollentuna (SE); Håkan Hedenberg, Järfälla (SE); Mattias Sjögren, Järfälla (SE); and Daniel Thomas, Vallentuna (SE)
Assigned to STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS AB, Solna (SE)
Appl. No. 17/312,143
Filed by Stoneridge Electronics AB, Solna (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/085698
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/125961, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0046809 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0017 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); H05K 5/0026 (2013.01); H05K 7/20854 (2013.01); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/42 (2019.05); B60K 2370/691 (2019.05)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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; and
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, wherein the carrier has an average cross-sectional thickness in a range of 2-5 mm.