In-flight entertainment LCD monitor housing multi-purpose latch

• US 6,561,600 B1
• Filed: 09/13/2000
• Issued: 05/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Inventors: Lester, Gerald E., Dan, James R., Seeley, S. Scott, Mell, Richard C., Boss, Stephen R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss, John G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fisher, Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US09/660,720
• Time in Patent Office: 972 Days
• Field of Search: 312/305, 312/308, 312/326, 312/328, 312/7.2, 312/257.1, 348/838, 348/842, 348/841, 348/843
• US Class Current: 312/257.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0012 Seats or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/00151 Permanently mounted seat back monitors
• 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

Abstract

An on-board entertainment display housing system for mounting flat panel displays, incorporating a plurality of interlocking extensions on a pair of mated panels coupled via a cam lock that provides operational support and rapid maintenance access to the flat panel.

Claims

1. A housing assembly for supporting a flat panel display in a passenger vehicle, said housing assembly comprising:

a front panel that incorporates an opening to allow for viewing of a surface of a flat panel display contained within said housing assembly;

a back panel of complementary proportion to said front panel;

a plurality of interlocking extensions incorporated onto the interior surface of said panels, located such that upon the placement of said panels together, each panel'"'"'s respective interior faces the other panel'"'"'s interior surface, said interlocking extensions on a first panel forms a channel for acceptance and retention of a cam shaped portion of extensions on said second panel; and

an integral tab located along an opposite edge of said interlocking extension location on the front panel and a recess, to engage said integral tab, located along an opposite edge of said interlocking extension location on the back panel.