US 12,245,399 B2
Fan control for electronic display assemblies
William Dunn, Alpharetta, GA (US); Mike Brown, Cumming, GA (US); and John Schuch, Buford, GA (US)
Assigned to Manufacturing Resources International, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed by Manufacturing Resources International, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/666,444.
Application 18/666,444 is a continuation of application No. 17/694,261, filed on Mar. 14, 2022, granted, now 12,022,635.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/239,273, filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/161,147, filed on Mar. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0306343 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20209 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20972 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display assembly with enhanced fan control, said display assembly comprising:
a housing;
an electronic display layer located within the housing;
an airflow pathway extending within the housing;
fans located at said airflow pathway;
sensors located at said airflow pathway; and
a controller in electronic communication with said one or more sensors and said one or more fans, said controller comprising one or more electronic storage devices comprising software instructions, which when executed, configure one or more processors to:
receive a reading from each of said sensors;
determine which of the readings is, relatively, highest; and
drive said fans based on the relatively highest one of said readings in accordance with a control scheme comprising one or more reading-dependent, preprogrammed directives for said fans.