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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:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven T. Cho, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alfred S. Conte, Hollister, CA (US);
Paul N. Ludwig, Livermore, CA (US);
Anthony P. Schmid, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Theodore S. Fahlen, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert J. Pressley, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 9/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 9/26 ;
Abstract
A pair of plate structures ( and ), such as a baseplate structure and a faceplate structure of a flat-panel display, are sealed to each other by first attaching the plate structures to each other, typically at multiple attachment locations, in a non-vacuum environment. The plate structures are then hermetically sealed to each other, typically through an outer wall ( ) or/and typically by gap jumping, in a vacuum environment.