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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:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank Rowland Ragland, Jr., Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, S.A., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 2/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 2/902 ;
Abstract
A cathode ray tube has a tensioned mask supported by a support frame. The tension mask being susceptible to vibration and adapted for mounting in tension within the cathode ray tube. The tension mask includes damper wire support springs attached to, and extending from, opposite sides of the tension mask support frame. The damper wire support springs having a compliance section supporting a damper wire in contact with and across the surface of the tension mask for damping vibrations in the mask.