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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
May. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harry Robert Swank, Lancaster, PA (US);
Stephen Thomas Opresko, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing S. A., Boulogne Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/100 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an improvement in the mounting of a cathode-ray tube within a bezel. The cathode-ray tube includes a unitary shellbond frame having integral mounting lugs which are positioned at locations either in the corners or off of the corners. The mounting lugs are formed with tapered sections along a depth dimension to allow a tube having the shellbond frame applied to be simply lowered into a bezel having lug receiving recesses of a complimentary shape. The tapered lug and complimentary lug receiving recess provides self-alignment of the tube before it is secured to the bezel.