Control and/or display panel arrangements

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EP 0 422 867 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.07.1991 Bulletin 1991/29

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	17.04.1991 Bulletin 1991/16

(21)	Application number: 90310998.1

(22)	Date of filing: 08.10.1990

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: G09F 13/04, H02B 15/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE FR LI

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Priority:

11.10.1989 GB 8922892

(71)	Applicant: GEC ALSTHOM LIMITED
	Rugby Warwickshire CV21 1BD (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Ekins, Terence John Mountsorrel, Leicestershire (GB)

(74)	Representative: Pope, Michael Bertram Wingate et al
	The General Electric Company, p.l.c. GEC Patent Department Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX (GB)

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(54)	Control and/or display panel arrangements

(57) A control and/or display panel arrangement comprising: a planar frame structure (1) of grid form which supports on one side (7) thereof a mosaic arrangement of tiles which forms a display; and a plurality of modules (11) supported on the other side (9) of said frame structure (1) each of which provides a further part of said display on said one side (7) and/or a control function associated therewith. Each module (11) is supported on the frame structure (1) by way of at least one pair of first (15 or 17) and second (33, 39, or 33, 43, 39) complementary parts which are fixed one (15 or 17) to the module (11) and the other (33, 39 or 33, 43, 39) to the frame structure (1) and which slidingly engage, thereby to permit selection of the position of the module (11) with respect to the frame structure (1) in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the frame structure (1).

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