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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1999
Tatsuya Mochizuki, Mobara, JP;
Nobuhiko Hosotani, Mobara, JP;
Yasumasa Tsuchiya, Mobara, JP;
Takehiko Ueyama, Mobara, JP;
Masakazu Tsuruoka, Mobara, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shadow mask spring for a color cathode ray tube having a generally rectangular shadow mask structure including a shadow mask and a support frame for holding the shadow mask. Shadow mask springs serve for holding the support frame inside a panel having a phosphor screen adjacent thereto and engage with panel pins for holding the shadow mask structure. Each of the shadow mask springs includes L-shaped base plate and a joined plate secured to one end of the base plate. The base plate has a phosphor screen side metal portion and an electron gun side metal portion with the phosphor screen side metal portion having a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the electron gun side metal portion. An other end of the base plate is secured to a side of the support frame. The joined plate is engageable with a panel pin and the secured portion of the one end of the base plate and the joined plate is located at a position closer to the phosphor screen than the secured portion of the other end of the base plate and the support frame.