Patents by Inventor Thomas L. Chase

Thomas L. Chase 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: 4720282
    Abstract: A method for holding a cathode-ray tube in a fixed position during processing utilizes mounting lugs attached to the tube. The apparatus includes a platform having a plurality of legs positioned to support, respectively, the ends of the mounting lugs. Each of the legs has a recess therein aligned with an aperture in the respective lug end. Each lug is secured to the respective leg by a clamp, pivotally attached to each leg, which projects through the aperture into the respective recess when pivoted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas L. Chase, Kenneth A. Long
  • Patent number: 4695045
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for holding a cathode-ray tube in a fixed position during processing utilizes mounting lugs attached to the tube. The apparatus includes a platform having a plurality of legs positioned to support, respectively, the ends of the mounting lugs. Each of the legs has a recess therein aligned with an aperture in the respective lug end. Each lug is secured to the respective leg by a clamp, pivotally attached to each leg, which projects through the aperture into the respective recess when pivoted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas L. Chase, Kenneth A. Long
  • Patent number: 4408851
    Abstract: A method for printing a viewing-screen structure including projecting, at least three times, a light field from a light source, through a lens, an optical filter and incident upon a photosensitive layer. During one of the projecting steps, the light source and the nominal axes of the light source, the lens, the filter and the layer (which are substantially parallel to one another) are aligned along a common axis. During each of the other two projecting steps, the light source and the axis of the lens remain aligned along the common axis, and the axes of the filter and the layer are offset prescribed distances on opposite sides of the common axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas L. Chase, George M. Ehemann, Jr.