Richard J Bauder

US Patent:

55943004, Jan 14, 1997

Filed:

Nov 15, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/558315

Inventors:

Richard W. Nosker - Princeton NJ
Joey J. Michalchuk - Lambertville NJ
Richard C. Bauder - Millersville PA
Frank R. Ragland - Lancaster PA

Assignee:

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

International Classification:

H01J 2980

US Classification:

313402

Abstract:

The present invention provides an improvement in a color picture tube having a tensioned mask and support frame assembly. Each of the mask and the support frame is rectangular and has two long sides that parallel a central major axis thereof and two short sides that parallel a central minor axis thereof. The mask has a substantially cylindrical contour, being curved along the major axis and straight along the minor axis. The improvement comprises the frame including two first members that parallel the major axis and two second members, attached to the ends of the first members, that parallel the minor axis. Each of the first members includes a rigid section and a compliant section cantilevered from the rigid section. The mask is attached to the distal ends of the cantilevered compliant sections.