Screen rack for two screens with a case for electric components

• US 10,050,465 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2016
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Modinice GmbH
• Original Assignee: Modinice GmbH
• Inventors: Finckh, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Diao, M'Baye
• Application Number:
  US15/211,440
• Publication Number:
  US 20170018952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 760 Days
• Field of Search: 320108
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2097/003 Cable holders; cable organisers
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2097/005 Monitor mounted supports or stands
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 97/00 Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2021 around a horizontal axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/24 changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each otherF16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1612 Flat panel monitor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1631 Panel PC, e.g. single housing hosting PC and display panel

Abstract

A screen rack for two screens, comprising a case for electric components, whereby power supply adapters for a PC and two screens that can be installed on the screen rack are arranged in the case.

Claims

1. A screen rack for two screens, comprising:

a case for electric components, the case including at least two vertically offset ventilation apertures; and

power supply adapters arranged in the case, the power supply adapters being for a PC and two screens that can be installed on the screen rack;

wherein at least one of the power supply adapters is arranged between the at least two vertically offset ventilation apertures so that the at least one power supply adapter is cooled by air that enters the case through a lower one of the two vertically offset ventilation apertures and that flows out of the case through an upper one of the at least two vertically offset ventilation apertures after the power supply adapter is heated by exhaust air.

2. The screen rack according to claim 1, wherein the case has a flexible and/or removable case section in order to open or to close the case at least partially.

3. The screen rack according to claim 1, wherein at least a main circuit board of the PC is arranged in the case, and the main circuit board of the PC contains at least one of a central process unit and a hard disc drive of the PC.

4. The screen rack according to claim 1, wherein the power supply adapters for the PC and the two screens are supplied with power through a joint power cable, and the joint power cable is a double cable with an integrated network cable.

5. The screen rack according to claim 1, wherein the case is substantially a cuboid, and is aligned in an upright position with smallest side areas of the cuboid pointing upwards or downwards and/or largest side areas of the cuboid pointing frontwards or rearwards.

6. The screen rack according to claim 1, wherein a CPU of the PC is arranged between the two vertically offset ventilation apertures so that the CPU of the PC is cooled by the air that enters the case through the lower one of the at least two ventilation apertures and that flows out of the case through the upper one of the at least two ventilation apertures after the CPU of the PC is heated by the exhaust air.

7. The screen rack according to claim 1, wherein the screen rack has a mounting section configured to be positioned on an even surface, the mounting section is located exactly under the screens after the two screens are installed on the screen rack, and the mounting section is dimensioned so that the two screens are installed on the screen rack next to each other in a horizontal format while the screen rack is standing on the even surface.

8. The screen rack according to claim 1, wherein the case has at least one cable throughput aperture, the cable throughput aperture opens towards a rear of the screens after the screens are installed on the screen rack and the cable throughput aperture is concealed by the screens.

9. The screen rack according to claim 1, wherein the screen rack has a mounting section with ports for the installation of the two screens, the ports comply with Video Electronics Standards Association standard for display mounting, the mounting section is height-adjustable and/or tilt-adjustable, and each of the ports is tilt-adjustable in relation to the mounting section.

10. The screen rack according to claim 1, wherein the screen rack has an inductive charging surface in order to inductively charge electric devices.