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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:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313495 ; 313553 ; 313558 ; 361120 ;
Abstract
A vacuum tube including a getter apparatus is provided. The getter apparatus includes a sheet-like support with an applied getter layer which is used to maintain vacuum in the vacuum tube during operation. The support has the shape of a strip, and is positioned in a groove of a shield or a contact pin of the vacuum tube. The support is immobilized using impressions of the groove rim.