Patents Assigned to Rank Electronic Tubes, Inc.
  • Precision electrode alignment
    Patent number: 4618800
    Abstract: The electrodes in a tube, such as a cathode ray tube, are held in accurate alignment, particularly under conditions of high stress, by employing a series of glass rods along the electrodes with a plurality of U-shaped straps extending over the rods and forming a tight fit between the rods and the neck of the tube with the legs of the U being bowed outwardly under tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Rank Electronic Tubes, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth G. Gorman, Jr.