Device for fixing a plate glass on a support subjected to vibration in particular a display screen for an aircraft instrument panel

• US 5,261,202 A
• Filed: 11/10/1992
• Issued: 11/16/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sextant Avionique
• Original Assignee: Sextant Avionique
• Inventors: Klaver, Jean N., Brunet, Pascal
• Primary Examiner(s): Rosenbaum, Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bryant, David P.
• Application Number:
  US07/974,226
• Time in Patent Office: 371 Days
• Field of Search: 248/544, 248/909, 52/790, 52/305, 52/171, 52/172, 52/204, 52/208, 52/202, 52/203, 411/546, 411/547, 411/535, 411/536, 188/201, 384/626, 29/238, 29/807, 29/525.1
• US Class Current: 52/202
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 43/00 Arrangements or adaptations of instruments arrangements of cameras B64D47/08; aeronautical measuring instruments per se G01C
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 15/08 with rubber springs grommet- or bushing-type resilient mountings F16F1/3732, F16F1/38; with springs made of rubber and metal arrangement of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units B60K5/12; mounting of propulsion plants on vessels B63H21/30; mounting of vehicle drivers' cabs B62D33/0604
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133308 Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2201/46 Fixing elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2201/503 Arrangements improving the resistance to shock

Abstract

A display screen assembly comprises a glass plate having first and second sides and first and second flexible gaskets. The first gasket is adapted to be disposed along an outer periphery of the first side of the glass plate. The second gasket is adapted to be disposed along an outer periphery of the second side of the glass plate. First and second support elements are provided. Each of the support elements has at least a portion thereof adapted to abut against the first and second gaskets respectively. A rigid block of adjustable thickness is adapted to be positioned between the first and second support elements. A clamping means clamps the first and second support elements together so as to compress the rigid block therebetween and to compress the gaskets against the glass plate. The block of adjustable thickness is operable to determine the extent to which the gaskets are compressed.

Claims

1. A display screen assembly comprising:

a glass plate having first and second sides;

first and second flexible gaskets disposed respectively on said first and second sides of the glass plate;

first and second support elements each having at least a portion thereof adapted to abut against said first and second gaskets respectively;

a rigid block of adjustable thickness adapted to be positioned between said first and second support elements; and

clamping means for clamping said first and second support elements together so as to compress said rigid block therebetween and to compress said gaskets against said glass plate, said rigid block having its thickness adjustable to determine the extent to which said gaskets are compressed against said glass plate in order to adjust the resonant frequency of the glass plate without effecting the resonant frequency of the support elements.

2. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the rigid block of adjustable thickness comprises a laminated assembly of sheets having a predetermined thickness, said laminated assembly of sheets capable of being split apart.

3. An assembly according to claim 2, wherein the sheets comprising the laminated assembly are secured to one another by an adhesive substance.

4. An assembly according to claim 2, wherein the rigid block is of a shape and size substantially identical to that of a peripheral portion of the support elements.

5. An assembly according to claim 4, wherein said clamping means comprising screws, the rigid block being provided with through holes for receiving said screws.

6. A device according to claim 5, wherein said screws each comprise a head for bearing against one of said support elements.

7. A device according to claim 5 wherein said screws each comprise a shark for passing through a respective one of said holes.

8. An assembly according to claim 2, wherein the laminated assembly comprises a stack of copper laminations.

9. An assembly according to claim 8, wherein the thickness of each of the laminations is 0.5 tenths of a millimeter.

10. An assembly according to claim 2, wherein the laminated assembly comprises a stack of steel laminations.

11. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the rigid block comprises a plurality of spacers cut out from a blank of laminated sheets.

12. A display screen assembly comprising:

a glass plate having first and second sides;

first and second flexible gaskets, said first gasket adapted to be disposed along an outer periphery of the first side of said glass plate, said second gasket adapted to be disposed along an outer periphery of the second side of said glass plate;

first and second support elements each having at least a portion thereof adapted to abut against said first and second gaskets respectively;

a block of a predetermined number of laminated sheets being positioned between said first and second support elements; and

means for clamping said first and second support elements together so as to compress said laminated sheets therebetween and to compress the gaskets against the glass plate with a predetermined force, said predetermined force being determined by the predetermined number of laminated sheets within said block.

13. An assembly according to claim 12, wherein said laminated sheets are secured to one another by an adhesive.

14. An assembly according to claim 12, wherein the block of said predetermined number of sheets has a size and shape substantially similar to that of a peripheral portion of the support elements.

15. An assembly according to claim 12, wherein said clamping means comprises screws, the block of said predetermined number of laminated sheets being provided with through holes for receiving said screws.

16. An assembly according to claim 12, wherein said laminated sheets comprise a copper material.

17. An assembly according to claim 12, wherein said laminated sheets comprise a steel material.

18. An assembly according to claim 12, wherein each of said laminated sheets has a thickness of about 0.05 millimeters.