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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7710010 | Electron beam apparatus A three-dimensional structure forming a space in which a wiring-side portion of a device electrode is located is arranged on a rear plate. A surface potential of the three-dimensional structure is defined so that an electric field intensity of the space becomes weak... | 05/04/2010 |
| RE41233 | Cathode ray tube A cathode ray tube includes a panel having a substantially flat outer surface and an inner curved surface with a phosphor screen. The panel has a substantially rectangular effective screen portion with two long sides parallel to each other, two short sides parallel ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7683529 | Panel of slim cathode ray tube with electron beam deflection angle of 110 degrees of more Disclosed herein is a panel of a slim cathode ray tube constructed such that the deflection angle of an electron beam is 110 degrees or more. The slim cathode ray tube includes a tube part constituted by joining the panel and a funnel with each other. The panel incl... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7501748 | CRT funnel section A Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) includes a panel having long and short axes and a tube axis perpendicular to the long and short axes, the panel including an inner phosphor screen. A funnel is attached to the panel, the funnel including a cone having a deflection unit arran... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7482741 | Funnel for slim cathode ray tubes Disclosed herein is a funnel for slim cathode ray tubes. The funnel is constructed such that the deflection angle of an electron beam is 120 degrees or more. On the assumption that, at a top of round (TOR) part located between a body and a yoke part, the thickness o... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7462980 | Cathode ray tube A cathode ray tube includes a panel with a sealing surface, and a funnel with a sealing surface contacting the sealing surface of the panel. The panel and the funnel each have a thickness varied at the sealing surface thereof. ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7368865 | Cathode ray tube with a conical portion A display tube has an evacuated envelope with a display panel, a cone (or funnel) portion and a neck portion. The cone portion has a cone body portion and a parabolic portion. The contour of the cone body in a plane through the longitudinal axis of the tube and the ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365482 | Field emission display including electron emission source formed in multi-layer structure A field emission display includes first and second substrates provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween; electron emission sources provided on one of the first and second substrates; an electron emission inducing assembly for inducing the e... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355332 | Cathode ray tube An image display device includes a cathode ray tube. The cathode ray tube includes a panel with an inner phosphor screen, and a funnel connected to the panel with a cone portion mounting a deflection unit on the outer circumference thereof. A neck is connected to th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355331 | Cathode-ray tube apparatus In a cross-section including a tube axis, assuming that T1 represents a thickness of a funnel at a point on an outer circumferential surface of the funnel, which is placed at the same position in a tube axis direction as that of an end of a horizontal deflect... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7315114 | Display apparatus provided with a light-emitting glass face panel having an inner surface coated with a phosphor layer A display apparatus includes a face plate that constitutes a part of a vacuum envelope, a phosphor layer formed on an inner surface of the face plate, and an electron beam source that emits electron beams to the phosphor layer. The face plate includes a light-emitti... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309953 | Electron beam pumped laser light source for projection television An electron beam pumped laser including a surface-emitting laser faceplate oriented at a non-perpendicular angle. Embodiments are described in which a bending coil bends the electron beam, or in which the faceplate is situated in the direct path of the e-beam emissi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309952 | Flat panel with blend round portion structure for use in a cathode ray tube A flat panel for a cathode ray tube includes a faceplate portion, a skirt portion and a blend round portion joining the faceplate portion with the skirt portion. A point where an external contour of the faceplate portion meets an external blend round contour of the ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304422 | Glass structure of cathode ray tube The present invention relates to a cathode ray tube having a glass structure which minimizes a stress according to a cathode ray tube of slim type, having a panel with a phosphor screen formed on the inner surface thereof. A funnel, which is joined to the panel, has... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298076 | Bezel-less electronic display A bezel-less display is disclosed that includes an electronic display device and a cover. The electronic display device has an image-displaying portion and another portion adjacent the image-displaying portion along at least one side. The cover is positioned adjacen... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291964 | Color cathode ray tube The present invention relates to a color cathode ray tube and more specifically to a color cathode ray tube in which mechanical stress due to internal pressure made by evacuation is decreased. According to an aspect of the present invention, a cathode ray tube inclu... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279828 | Glass panel and a cathode ray tube including the same A glass panel for use in a cathode ray tube includes a face portion for displaying images; a skirt portion extending from a periphery of the face portion backwards; and a blend radius portion for connecting the face portion and the skirt portion. The face portion is... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7265484 | Color picture tube with curved shadow mask The radius of curvature of an outer surface of a panel useful portion is 10,000 mm or more. Assuming that a length of a perforated region of a shadow mask in an X-axis (major axis) direction is 2L, s is a variable satisfying 0 | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256536 | Cathode ray tubes Cathode-ray tube comprising a glass envelope composed of a substantially rectangular faceplate, of a flared rear part and of a substantially cylindrical neck, the flared part including an anode button for receiving the high voltage, the outer surface of the said fla... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250714 | Cathode ray tube A cathode ray tube includes a panel with inner and outer surfaces, a funnel connected to the panel, a neck connected to the rear of the funnel, and a shadow mask mounted within the panel. The inner surface of the panel satisfies the following condition: 0.... | 07/31/2007 |
| RE39739 | Glass bulb for color picture tube and the same tube A color picture tube is provided with a glass bulb in which the external surface of the effective display area of the face plate is formed substantially flat and a color selection mask, having the curvature projected toward the face plate, provided opposed to the in... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242137 | Cathode ray tube with cone having non-circular cross-section When we let the aspect ratio of the fluorescent screen of a cathode ray tube be M:N and, in a coordinate system in which the origin is a point on the tube axis and the horizontal axis and vertical axis intersect at right angles, when we let LA be the horizontal radi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7227300 | Projection tube apparatus A projection tube apparatus includes: a valve made up of a face panel having a screen face on its external face, a funnel connected to a rear portion of the face panel, and a neck portion; an electron gun that emits an electron beam and is housed in the neck portion... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221081 | Cathode ray tube having specific panel dimensions The present invention relates to a color cathode ray tube and more specifically to a color cathode ray tube in which mechanical stress due to internal pressure made by evacuation is decreased. According to an aspect of the present invention, a cathode ray tube compr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221082 | Panel for use in a cathode ray tube A panel for use in a cathode ray tube includes a face portion for displaying picture images, a skirt portion extending backward from a perimeter of the face portion and a blend radius portion joining the skirt portion to the face portion. The panel for use in a cath... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204102 | Method of sealing glass A method of forming an air-tight scal between two pieces of glass is described. It comprises the steps of: (a) introducing a layer of indium or indium alloy between opposing surfaces of the glass pieces; and (b) heating the indium or indium alloy layers and the glas... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7176611 | Color cathode ray tube A color CRT is disclosed to improve a production yield of a panel by reducing a damage due to a thermal impact in a furnace in a thermal treatment process in fabricating the panel and accomplish a light-weight product and a cost reduction compared to the same type C... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173364 | Cathode ray tube and anode button positioned on funnel therefor Disclosed are a cathode ray tube and a funnel therefore. An anode button is installed on the funnel to meet the condition of 2.8≦T, in which T is a B/A ratio, A is a distance on a central axis of the funnel between a seal edge face of the funnel, which abuts a pan... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172822 | Network conductor and its production method and use A network conductor has an irregular network structure with as thin lines as 10 nm to 10 μm. The network conductor is obtained by forming a thin film on a substrate; forming microcracks in a network manner in the thin film; and forming a layer of a conductive mater... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170470 | Methods and apparatus for subjecting an element to an electrical field The invention includes providing a display by moving a colorant particle, having an electric charge, inside a channel of a body in a direction that is substantially parallel to a direction of extension of the channel and a direction of incoming illumination rays. Th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166957 | CRT having a contrast enhancing exterior coating and method of manufacturing the same The invention is a cathode-ray tube (CRT) and method of manufacturing the CRT having a contrast enhancing coating on the exterior surface of the viewing faceplate. The contrast enhancing coating reduces the transmission of faceplate of the CRT by about 50%. The coat... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157844 | Cathode ray tube provided with a faceplate having a convex outer surface and a lens assembly attached therein In a projection cathode ray tube device in which a projection cathode ray tube and a projection lens assembly are coupled and held by a coupler, superior focus characteristics and high resolution are realized by eliminating the deviation between the center of the ph... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154215 | Color cathode ray tube capable of reducing stress A color cathode ray tube has features to decrease mechanical stress due to internal pressure made by evacuation. The cathode ray tube includes a panel on an inner surface of which a phosphor screen is formed. A funnel is joined to the panel. An electron gun generate... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148616 | Color picture tube A curve formed by an inner surface of a face panel in a cross-section including a tube axis of a color picture tube is defined. The face panel includes at least one cross-section in which the curve has an inflection point between a center of the face panel and a cir... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148617 | Flat cathode-ray tube including a transfer foil laminate adhered to a screen panel A reflection type flat cathode-ray tube enhanced in quality of display image, and its manufacturing method are presented. A flat cathode-ray tube is composed by forming a grid layer, a reflective layer, and a fluorescent layer sequentially at the inner side of a scr... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148615 | Color cathode ray tube The present invention enhances the quality of displayed images by enhancing the uniformity of the total transmissivity over the whole surface of a panel having a wavelength selective absorption layer imparted with gradation thus reducing the color difference of the ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7132169 | Composition for forming coating layer and flat monitor panel for display device having coating layer prepared from the same Disclosed is a composition for forming a coating layer, and a flat monitor panel for a display device comprising the coating layer. The composition for forming the coating layer comprises a metallic oxide particulate, a coloring agent, and a silane coupling agent. T... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130480 | Methods and apparatus for filtering and caching data representing images Methods and apparatus for displaying images, e.g., text characters, on display devices which have multiple separately controllable luminance elements per pixel. Multiple alpha values are generated per pixel, e.g., one per pixel sub-component. Filtering is then perfo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129628 | Velocity modulation coil apparatus and cathode-ray tube apparatus A pair of velocity modulation coils are placed with a horizontal plane including a tube axis interposed therebetween, and a pair of magnetic substances are placed with a vertical plane including a tube axis interposed therebetween. A straight line portion of the vel... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119485 | Cathode-ray tube apparatus BVM coils for modulating a scanning velocity in a horizontal direction of electron beams emitted from an electron gun are provided at a position where the BVM coils are overlapped with an electron gun in a tube axis direction, and a pair of magnetic substance pieces... | 10/10/2006 |
