Patents by Inventor Leslie N. Thibodeau

Leslie N. Thibodeau has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4321514
    Abstract: A retrace pulse voltage is applied to a first flyback transformer winding of a horizontal deflection circuit to develop retrace pulse voltages across other flyback transformer windings. Second and third windings of the flyback transformer are coupled in a series arrangement with a controllable switch across a source of input voltage. A regulator control circuit turns on the SCR at a controllable instant within the trace interval of each deflection cycle to generate input current in the series arrangement. When the retrace pulse voltage is applied to the flyback transformer first winding, the input current begins to decrease in magnitude, commutating off the SCR within the retrace interval. The leakage inductance associated with the series arrangement of flyback transformer second and third windings and the total reflected retrace pulse voltage developed by the two windings determine the instant within retrace that the SCR is commutated off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: Leslie N. Thibodeau, David W. Luz, James E. Hicks
  • Patent number: 4229787
    Abstract: A flyback transformer includes a high voltage winding with a first rectifier coupled to the high voltage lead and a second rectifier coupled to the ground return lead. The rectifiers are poled in the same direction to conduct beam current and block the DC current path in the winding during the trace interval. The distributed capacity forms a capacitive voltage divider and developes an intermediate DC voltage in the high voltage winding. The intermediate DC voltage developed at an intermediate AC null terminal of the high voltage winding is selectively adjusted by structure which is selectively capable of adding sufficient distributed capacity to appropriately change the capacitive voltage division ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1980
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: Leslie N. Thibodeau