Angled mounting assembly for an LED cluster

Abstract

An assembly is provided for mounting an LED cluster to the front panel of an electronic sign cabinet. The assembly includes a forward section for connecting to and supporting the housing of the LED cluster. A rearward section is connected to the forward section and is selectively attachable to the sign such that an inner face of the rearward section is substantially flushly interengaged with the front panel of the sign. The forward and rearward sections include at least one conduit for communicating with corresponding openings in the cluster housing and the sign. The conduit accommodates wiring of the LED cluster. The forward and rearward sections are angularly oriented relative to one another such that when the forward section is connected to the cluster housing and the rearward section is connected to the sign, each pixel of the LED cluster is directed along an axis that extends at an acute angle relative to the front panel of the sign.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . An assembly for mounting an LED cluster to the front panel of an electronic sign cabinet, which LED cluster includes a housing that supports a plurality of LED pixels directed outwardly from a forward face of the housing along respective axes substantially perpendicular to the forward face and one or more associated conductors electrically connected to the pixels, said mounting assembly comprising: 
 a forward section for connecting to and supporting the cluster housing; and    a rearward section connected to said forward section and being selectively attachable to the sign such that an inner face of said reward section is substantially flushly interengaged with the front panel of the sign cabinet;    said forward and reward sections including at least one conduit extending therethrough for communicating with corresponding openings in the cluster housing and the front panel of the sign cabinet and for accommodating the one or more associated conductors of the pixels, said forward and reward sections being angularly oriented relative to one another such that when said forward section is connected to the cluster housing and said rearward section is connected to the sign, each LED pixel is directed along axis that extends at an acute angle from the front panel of the sign cabinet.    
     
     
         2 . The assembly of  claim 1  in which said forward section includes an outer face that is flushly interengagable with a rearward face of the cluster housing.  
     
     
         3 . The assembly of  claim 2  in which said outer face includes a connector that is selectively interengagable with a complementary connector carried by the rearward face of the cluster housing to attach said forward section to the cluster housing.  
     
     
         4 . The assembly of  claim 3  in which said connector and the complementary connector comprise at least one interengagable pin and receptacle.  
     
     
         5 . The assembly of  claim 2  in which said forward section includes a threaded hole that is alignable with a corresponding threaded hole in the cluster housing for receiving a threaded component to attach said forward section to the cluster housing.  
     
     
         6 . The assembly of  claim 1  in which said forward section is permanently and unitarily attached to the cluster housing.  
     
     
         7 . The assembly of  claim 2  in which said outer face of said forward section is orientated at an acute angle relative to said inner face of said rearward section, which angle corresponds to the angle formed between the axis along which each pixel is directed and the front panel of the sign cabinet.  
     
     
         8 . The assembly of  claim 1  further including a sealing component carried by said rearward section for interposing between said inner face of said rearward section and the front panel of the sign cabinet.  
     
     
         9 . The assembly of  claim 8  further including a recess formed in said inner face for receiving said sealing component.  
     
     
         10 . The assembly of  claim 1  in which said inner face includes a connector that is selectively engagable with a complementary connector carried by the front panel of the sign cabinet to connect said rearward section to the sign.  
     
     
         11 . The assembly of  claim 10  in which said connector and the complementary connector comprise at least one interengagable pin and receptacle.  
     
     
         12 . The assembly of  claim 7  in which said acute angle is at least 1° and no greater than 45°.  
     
     
         13 . An angled adapter assembly for mounting an LED cluster to the front panel of an electronic sign cabinet, which LED cluster includes a housing that supports a plurality of LED pixels directed outwardly from a forward face of the housing along respective axes substantially perpendicular to the forward face and one or more associated conductors electrically connected to the pixels, said angled adapter assembly comprising: 
 an outer face section for substantially flushly interengaging a rearward face of the cluster housing, said outer face having a connector for releasably interengaging a complementary connector carried by the rearward face of the cluster housing to attach said outer face to the cluster housing;    an inner face section that is substantially flushly interengagable with the front panel of the sign cabinet, said inner face section including a connector that is releasably interengagable with a complementary connector carried by the front panel of the sign to interconnect said inner face section to the sign; and    an intermediate section interconnecting said outer face section and said inner section and including at least one conduit extending therethrough from said outer face section to said inner face section for communicating with corresponding openings in the cluster housing and the front panel of the sign cabinet to accommodate the one or more associated conductors of the LED pixels, said outer and inner face sections being oriented angularly at an acute angle relative to one another such that when said outer face section is interengaged with the cluster housing and the inner face section is interengaged with the front panel of the sign cabinet, each LED pixel is directed along an axis that extends at said acute angle to the front panel of the sign.    
     
     
         14 . The assembly of  claim 13  in which said front face section and the cluster housing include at least one interengagable pin and receptacle for releasably connecting the outer face section to the cluster housing.  
     
     
         15 . The assembly in  claim 13  in which said inner face section and the front panel of the sign include at least one interengagable pin and receptacle for releasably connecting the inner face section to the front panel of the sign.  
     
     
         16 . The assembly in  claim 13  in which said acute angle is at least 1° and not greater than 45°.  
     
     
         17 . The assembly of  claim 13  further including a sealing component carried by said inner face section for interposing between the inner face section and the front panel of the sign cabinet when the inner face section is interengaged with the front panel.  
     
     
         18 . The assembly of  claim 16  further including a recess formed in said inner face section for receiving said sealing component.