Patents by Inventor Morton J. Nierenberg

Morton J. Nierenberg 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).

  • Cathode-ray tube particle removal apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5595520
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (70) and method for removing particles from an interior of a CRT envelope (12). The CRT envelope includes a faceplate panel (14), with a color selection electrode assembly (30) detachably mounted therein, sealed to a funnel (18). The apparatus comprises a plurality of thumper mechanisms (84, 184 and 284) for imparting asynchronous vibrations to the funnel of the envelope while the interior of the funnel is flushed with a suitable fluid. The embodiment further includes a plurality of vibrators (51) for imparting asynchronous vibrations to the color selection electrode assembly to remove particles therefrom, before the color selection electrode assembly is mounted into the panel and sealed to the funnel. A method for removing particles using the apparatus also is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Piascinski, Eric E. Fritz, Morton J. Nierenberg, Leonard P. Wilbur, Jr., Leroy W. Horn
  • Method of making a machine-readable marking in a workpiece
    Patent number: 4323755
    Abstract: A method for producing a machine-readable coded marking in the surface of a workpiece comprising vaporizing sequentially the surface portions of selected ones of a series of contiguous areas of unit widths of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: Morton J. Nierenberg