US 12,271,229 B2
Electronic display assembly with a channel for ambient air in an access panel
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. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/640,992.
Application 18/640,992 is a continuation of application No. 17/961,346, filed on Oct. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,989,059.
Application 17/961,346 is a continuation of application No. 17/000,425, filed on Aug. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,507,141, issued on Nov. 22, 2022.
Application 17/000,425 is a continuation of application No. 16/373,810, filed on Apr. 3, 2019, granted, now 10,795,413, issued on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0264633 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1347 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2025.01)
CPC G06F 1/1637 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133382 (2013.01); G02F 1/133385 (2013.01); G02F 1/1347 (2013.01); G09G 3/3648 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic display assembly comprising:
a side assembly comprising;
a cover panel forming, at least in part, a front portion of said side assembly; and
an electronic display located interior to said cover panel;
an access panel located rearward of the electronic display and moveable relative to said side assembly to permit access to an interior space behind said access panel, said access panel comprising:
a rear panel forming, at least in part, a rear surface of the electronic display assembly;
intakes to an ambient environment in said rear panel; and
exhausts to the ambient environment in said rear panel and spaced apart from the intake; and
airflow pathways for ambient air extending interior to said rear panel between said intake and said exhaust, wherein said airflow pathways extend alongside one another such that a first one of the airflow pathways extends along and adjacent to at least a majority of a rear surface of the electronic display, and a second one of the airflow pathways extends along and adjacent to at least a majority of an interior surface of the access panel, where said second one of the airflow pathways is spaced apart from the first one of the airflow pathways, and wherein a first one of said intakes and said exhausts is associated with said first one of the airflow pathways and a second one of said intakes and said exhausts is associated with said second one of the airflow pathways; and
fans located along the airflow pathways, which when activated, move ambient air through each of the airflow pathways in a same direction between the intakes and the exhausts, wherein a first one of said fans is associated with the first one of the airflow pathways and a second one of said fans is associated with the second one of the airflow pathways.