Patents by Inventor Alton L. Crosby

Alton L. Crosby 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).

  • Apparatus and process for welding plated parts
    Patent number: 4214142
    Abstract: Apparatus and a process for welding plated ear member to plated rimbands for implosion-resistant cathode ray tube structures is provided. The apparatus includes oppositely disposed electrodes with a central groove in one electrode while the process provides the steps of positioning the ear members and rimbands intermediate the electrodes and energizing the electrodes of a particular configuration in an amount and for a time sufficient to effect welding of the ear members and rimbands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1980
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventors: Alton L. Crosby, Harry R. Swank
  • Cathode ray tube base
    Patent number: 4155616
    Abstract: There is provided a cathode ray tube-base combination wherein a resilient electrically insulating insert is incorporated to provide arc prevention between adjacent tube pins having a high electrical potential difference therebetween. The resilient insert has discretely contoured surfaces formed to provide arc inhibiting barriers when compressively mated with the respective tube closure and base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1979
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: Alton L. Crosby, Joseph N. Debernardis