US 11,889,636 B2
Housing assembly for an integrated display unit
William Dunn, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to Manufacturing Resources International, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed by Manufacturing Resources International, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/239,747.
Application 17/239,747 is a continuation of application No. 16/750,429, filed on Jan. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,019,735.
Application 16/750,429 is a continuation of application No. 16/352,041, filed on Mar. 13, 2019, granted, now 10,602,626, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/711,908, filed on Jul. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0243906 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29C 48/12 (2019.01)
CPC H05K 5/0017 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0213 (2013.01); H05K 7/20972 (2013.01); B29C 48/12 (2019.02); B29L 2031/003 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic display assembly comprising:
a housing assembly comprising structural members;
a display unit supported by said structural members and comprising an electronic display and one or more open loop airflow pathways in the housing assembly;
an upper portion supported by said structural members at a position above, and spaced apart from, said display unit, said upper portion comprising an upper cavity and an upper portion intake/exhaust;
a transition area located between said upper portion and said display unit, wherein said transition area comprises one or more intakes in direct fluid communication with an ambient environment and in fluid communication with said upper cavity and said one or more open loop airflow pathways of the display unit, wherein at least one of said structural members extends through said transition area to said upper portion to support said upper portion; and
one or more fans, at least one of which is mounted to said upper portion and internal to said electronic display assembly, said one or more fans configured to move ambient air between said ambient environment, said the upper cavity, said upper portion intake/exhaust, said one or more intakes located at said transition area, said transition area, and said one or more open loop airflow pathways when operated such that the ambient air in said transition area comprises a combination of the ambient air directed through said one or more open loop airflow pathways and the ambient air directed through said upper cavity;
wherein said upper portion intake/exhaust is located above the at least one of said one or more fans.