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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2006
Wilson Wai Toy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher Paul Yates, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Paul Allen Krzeminski, San Mateo, CA (US);
Robert N. Tornoe, Sunol, CA (US);
Edmund Thomas Davies, Orinda, CA (US);
Wilson Wai Toy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher Paul Yates, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Paul Allen Krzeminski, San Mateo, CA (US);
Robert N. Tornoe, Sunol, CA (US);
Edmund Thomas Davies, Orinda, CA (US);
Communication and Power Industries, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A self-guiding cover assembly for a vacuum electron device (VED) enclosure has a breach lock mechanism for seating the VED into the VED enclosure having a base. The breach lock mechanism has a plurality of guide elements mounted on the VED, a first sleeve mounted on the base and configured to removably receive the VED, and a second sleeve mounted on the base and configured to removably receive the first sleeve and rotate around the first sleeve. The first sleeve has a plurality of vertical slots configured to mate with the plurality of guide elements. The second sleeve has tracks configured to mate with the guide elements. A rotation of the second sleeve pulls the VED into the base for seating the VED.