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US 12108562
Electronic display with cooling
Current assignee: Manufacturing Resources International Inc
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Patent summary
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Patent Overview — US 12108562 B2
Title: "Electronic display with cooling"
Patent number: US 12108562 B2
Application number: US 17/967,607
Inventors: William Dunn; Tim Hubbard
Current/Original Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International Inc.
Filing date: 2022-10-17
Publication date: 2024-10-01
Priority date (as listed, an assumption): 2008-03-03
Anticipated expiration (as listed): 2028-09-19
Legal status (as listed, an assumption): Active
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12108562/en
Purpose (plain language, from the excerpt): The described embodiments "generally relate to cooling systems and in particular to cooling systems for electronic displays." The classification record points to cooling/ventilating/heating of electronic enclosures, including air circulated in a closed loop within an enclosure "wherein heat is removed through heat-exchangers," forced ventilation by fans, heat dissipaters coupled to components, and cooling arrangements for display panels and liquid crystal cells.
Stated prior-art keywords: housing; airflow pathway; heat exchanger; ambient air; assembly.
Continuity (as recited in the excerpt): The application is a continuation chain tracing back through U.S. Ser. No. 16/708,260; 15/789,331 (now U.S. Pat. No. 10,506,740); 14/834,034 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,801,305); 14/050,464 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,119,325); and 12/641,468 (now U.S. Pat. No. 8,654,302), which is itself a continuation-in-part of several earlier applications (e.g., 12/411,925; 12/556,029; 12/234,307; 12/234,360; 12/237,365; 12/235,200; 12/620,330) and a non-provisional of U.S. Ser. No. 61/138,736 (filed Dec. 18, 2008). The excerpt also lists later applications claiming priority to this one (e.g., US18/243,407; US18/657,006; US18/657,113).
What the excerpt does not establish: It provides no claim text, so the actual claimed scope is not shown. It supplies no detailed description, drawings content, or prior-art references beyond keywords and classification entries. Dates and legal status are expressly labeled assumptions, not legal conclusions. No litigation, ownership-transfer, validity, or prior-art analysis is provided, and none is offered here.
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