Patents by Inventor Takeshi Mera

Takeshi Mera 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: 6563258
    Abstract: A color cathode ray tube has a phosphor screen and an electron gun. The electron gun includes an electron beam generating section for emitting three in-line electron beams toward the phosphor screen and an electron beam focusing section for focusing the electron beams onto the phosphor screen. The electron beam focusing section includes at least one cup-shaped electrode having a tubular portion and a flange formed continuously from the tubular portion. The tubular portion has a generally rectangular cross section having an outwardly curved portion at each side thereof in a direction of arrangement of the three in-line electron beams in a plane perpendicular to the color cathode ray tube axis, the flange has a generally rectangular cross section having an outwardly curved portion at each side thereof in the direction of arrangement of the electron beams in the plane perpendicular to the color cathode ray tube axis, and the flange is formed with a locally thinned-down portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Electronic Devices Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Miura, Takeshi Mera
  • Patent number: 6541903
    Abstract: The profile lines of plate-like grid electrodes are formed by a first punching step and separation lines of the plate-like grid electrodes are formed by a subsequent punching step. The angle of a crossing portion formed by the profile line and the separation line is set to not less than 70 degrees and not more than 110 degrees. Due to such a constitution, burrs on the plate-like grid electrode which constitutes an electron gun of a color cathode ray tube can be reduced so that the quality of the cathode ray tube can be enhanced and the manufacturing time of the cathode ray tube can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Electronic Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Kagabu, Takeshi Mera, Akihito Sudo
  • Patent number: 6538385
    Abstract: A cathode-ray tube includes a plate having a first hole on a first surface of the plate and a second hole on a second surface of the plate. The first and second holes coupled together to allow electron beams to pass therethrough. The plate is a unitary structure. The first hole is formed by initiating a first hole formation from the first surface, and the second hole is formed by initiating a second hole formation from the second surface. The first surface is on an opposing side of the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Electronic Devices Co.
    Inventors: Osami Kanetoo, Takehisa Yoshikawa, Keii Ueno, Naozumi Hatada, Satoru Endo, Takeshi Mera, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Shinichi Kato
  • Patent number: 6476543
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube has a phosphor screen and an electron gun. The electron gun includes an electron beam generating section and an electron beam focusing section for focusing an electron beam from the electron beam generating section onto the phosphor screen. The electron beam generating section and the electron beam focusing section are mounted in predetermined spaced relationship on plural insulator support rods. The electron beam focusing section includes at least one compound electrode formed of a first electrode member, a second electrode member and a plate-like electrode member sandwiched therebetween. The plate-like electrode member is fabricated from a material thicker than materials from which the first and second electrode members are fabricated. The plate-like electrode member is laser-welded to the first and second electrode members at points of edges of the first and second electrode members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Electronic Devices Co.,
    Inventors: Takeshi Mera, Yoshifumi Konishi, Ken Kagabu, Akihito Sudo
  • Publication number: 20020047528
    Abstract: A cathode-ray tube includes a plate having a first hole on a first surface of the plate and a second hole on a second surface of the plate. The first and second holes are coupled together to allow electron beams to pass therethrough. The first hole has a first diameter, and the second hole has a second diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Osami Kanetoo, Takehisa Yoshikawa, Keii Ueno, Naozumi Hatada, Satoru Endo, Takeshi Mera, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Shinichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20010035708
    Abstract: The present invention provides a color cathode ray tube which can make the focusing of a center electron beam and side electron beams uniform by reducing the non-uniformity of the spot shape of electron beams depending on a deflection quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takahashi, Masayoshi Furuyama, Takeshi Mera, Ken Kagabu
  • Publication number: 20010004187
    Abstract: A color cathode ray tube has a phosphor screen and an electron gun. The electron gun includes an electron beam generating section for emitting three in-line electron beams toward the phosphor screen and an electron beam focusing section for focusing the electron beams onto the phosphor screen. The electron beam focusing section includes at least one cup-shaped electrode having a tubular portion and a flange formed continuously from the tubular portion. The tubular portion has a generally rectangular cross section having an outwardly curved portion at each side thereof in a direction of arrangement of the three in-line electron beams in a plane perpendicular to the color cathode ray tube axis, the flange has a generally rectangular cross section having an outwardly curved portion at each side thereof in the direction of arrangement of the electron beams in the plane perpendicular to the color cathode ray tube axis, and the flange is formed with a locally thinned-down portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Inventors: Masato Miura, Takeshi Mera
  • Patent number: 6222310
    Abstract: A color cathode ray tube having an electron gun which includes a one piece electrode plate. The one piece electrode plate has three beam passage holes in an in-line arrangement and bead supports. The one piece electrode plate has two portions including a portion having the beam passage holes and a portion having the bead supports which are formed as a one piece structure. The portion having the beam passage holes has a thickness larger than a thickness of the bead supports portion and the one piece structure has steps and continuous walls between the two portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Mera, Satoru Endo, Mitsuhiro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 6040655
    Abstract: A cathode-ray tube having an electron gun which includes an electrode plate (E) in which a portion having three beam passage holes (H) and a portion having bead supports (S) are formed as a unitary or one piece structure, the two portions having different thicknesses (T.sub.1, T.sub.2), and the steps being inclinedly formed along the boundaries of the two portions. Since the portion having beam passage holes and the portion having bead supports are formed as a unitary or one piece structure easily and highly precisely in the electrode plate, the conventionally employed process of welding can be omitted, and thereby the productivity is raised and the manufacturing cost is decreased. Moreover, use of the material having the steps formed in advance contributes to increasing the productivity and preventing the machining tools from being damaged during the press-forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Mera, Satoru Endo, Mitsuhiro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 5847500
    Abstract: In an electron gun for a cathode ray tube in which a focus electrode group includes a single platelike electrode having three apertures arrayed in one plane and a thickness equal to a depth of each of the three apertures, a tapered surface is formed on the entrance side and/or exit side of each of the three apertures, the tapered surface having a diameter larger than the aperture diameter and having a linear or curved shape in cross section, and a step which extends in the direction of the depth is formed around an aperture periphery of the tapered surface. With this constitution, the concentricity between each of the tapered surfaces and a respective one of the apertures can be measured with high precision on the basis of the boundary between each of the tapered surfaces and the corresponding one of the steps, thereby improving the precision of measurement of the concentricity between each of the apertures formed in the platelike electrode and the tapered surface formed around the aperture periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Electronic Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Mera, Masato Miura, Yoshiaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5677590
    Abstract: An electron gun which has an assembly precision improved by the reduction of deformation of an electrode during assembly as well as good focusing performance due to the elimination of positional deviation of electron beams. The electron gun comprises a composite electrode including at least two electrode elements united together and a plurality of electrodes sequentially arrayed along a single axis at predetermined intervals. In the electron gun, opposed faces of the electrode elements of the composite electrode are perpendicular to the axis and the opposed faces are provided with projections which serve to constitute the composite electrode when the projections are united together in opposed relationship to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Electronic Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Matsuda, Takeshi Mera, Satoru Endo
  • Patent number: 5574330
    Abstract: There is provided an electron gun which has an assembly precision improved by the reduction of deformation of an electrode during assembly as well as good focusing performance due to the elimination of positional deviation of electron beams. There is also provided a method of assembling such an electron gun. The electron gun comprises a composite electrode including at least two electrode elements united together and a plurality of electrodes sequentially arrayed along a single axis at predetermined intervals. In the electron gun, opposed faces of the electrode elements of the composite electrode are perpendicular to the axis and the opposed faces are provided with projections 1a and 1b which serve to constitute the composite electrode when the projections are united together in opposed relationship to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Matsuda, Takeshi Mera, Satoru Endo
  • Patent number: 5522750
    Abstract: A cathode-ray tube having an electron gun which includes an electrode plate (E) in which a portion having three beam passage holes (H) and a portion having bead supports (S) are formed as a unitary structure, the two portions having different thicknesses (T.sub.1, T.sub.2), and the steps being inclinedly formed along the boundaries of the two portions. Since the portion having beam passage holes and the portion having bead supports are formed as a unitary structure easily and highly precisely in the electrode plate, the conventionally employed process of welding can be omitted, and thereby the productivity is raised and the manufacturing cost is decreased. Moreover, use of the material having the steps formed in advance contributes to increasing the productivity and preventing the machining tools from being damaged during the press-forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Mera, Satoru Endo, Mitsuhiro Sugiyama