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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard W Nosker, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
RCA Thomson Licensing Corp., Princeton, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
445 37 ; 445 47 ; 29448 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for pre-stressing the CRT tension mask 24 to induce creep. The method includes the steps of applying a suitable force to the mask material to induce stress therein, heating the mask material to an ultimate temperature, for a sufficient time, while under stress, to induce creep, and cooling the material.