Patents by Inventor Clayton A. Washburn

Clayton A. Washburn 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: 6061038
    Abstract: A display has a cathode ray tube (CRT) provided with a multiplicity of electron beams or beam sets. Each of the beams has its own auxiliary beam control assembly including deflection means. Each beam assembly is directed to energize a prescribed portion of the display format area. The typical application may employ two to six beam sets and is useful to reduce total depth and bulk of CRT's having high aspect ratios and/or large size. The displayed area shows substantially no visible boundaries (tiling) between portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventor: Clayton A. Washburn
  • Patent number: 5585691
    Abstract: A dynamic color separation display CRT having an electron beam forming structure for beam generation and electrostatic impingement control. The electron gun forms a group of electron beams and includes a multi-aperture G1 grid for receiving the electron beam group. The group of electron beams overlap and combine to provide an impingement pattern that matches a primary color stripe without use of a shadow mask when focused on the output screen surface. An alternate preferred embodiment includes a grooved cathode to control the size, shape, and profile of the emitted beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Inventor: Clayton A. Washburn
  • Patent number: 5449969
    Abstract: A deflection yoke assembly with an annular magnetic core to energize a magnetic deflection field within a CRT and an annular array of pole pieces to define the length and shape of the magnetic deflection field mounted within and concentric with the annular core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Inventor: Clayton A. Washburn
  • Patent number: 5399947
    Abstract: A Dynamic Color Separation (DCS) color display system employs signals which provide timing, luminance, and chrominance information of the display output. The display system includes a timing circuit which produces unique signals for correcting errors produced when hue is controlled by the phase of the (S) signal and the degree of saturation with its amplitude. The signals may be applied to know CRT beam guns, and modified guns specific to the generated signals are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Inventor: Clayton A. Washburn
  • Patent number: 5291102
    Abstract: A Dynamic Color Separation (DCS) color display system employs signals which provide timing, luminance, and chrominance information of the display output. The display system includes a timing circuit which produces unique signals for correcting errors produced when hue is controlled by the phase of the (S) signal and the degree of saturation with its amplitude. The signals may be applied to known CRT beam guns, and modified guns specific to the generated signals are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Inventor: Clayton A. Washburn
  • Patent number: 4107570
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube gun structure for minor deflection of an electron beam and employing electrostatic beam deflecting electrodes ultimately controlled by a deflection signal at a low voltage level for minor deflection of the beam. The minor beam deflection electrodes may be positioned in the low beam potential focus region of the gun to provide for minor deflection of the beam. The electrodes may be enclosed in a cylindrical electrode, the latter being used for focusing the beam, or the cylindrical electrode may be omitted in which case focusing and deflection functions are provided by the minor beam deflection electrodes. The minor beam deflection electrodes may be positioned in a high beam potential region, in which case low voltage control is provided by capacitive coupling through the envelope of the tube. The deflection electrodes may also be employed as the conventional second grid structure in a cathode ray tube gun structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Inventor: Clayton A. Washburn
  • Patent number: 3955186
    Abstract: Apparatus for reproducing characters from cathode ray tubes wherein a beam is deflected onto alpha/numeric characters occupying a selected area of a font. The beam is deflected by relatively high speed linear vertical strokes which are displaced horizontally by a slower speed stroke advance waveform and each scan is positioned relative to one of the selected areas. The vertical linear strokes of the beam are at a variable rate and the vertical strokes are terminated by time interval pulses at an amplitude corresponding to the area height of the font character. The rate of the strokes is determined by the time interval pulses which in turn are regulated by point size control selection means. A resultant two level output signal representative of the successive selected characters controls another cathode ray tube, the scanning of which is identical to that of the first cathode ray tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: Compugraphic Corporation
    Inventors: Clayton A. Washburn, George J. H. Sausele