Fluorescent display tube for large screen video matrix array

Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a fluorescent display tube for large screen video matrix array, showing one embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view thereof as taken along line 7--7 of FIG. 1, all inner mechanisms being omitted;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view thereof as taken along line 8--8 of FIG. 1, all inner mechanisms being omitted;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of a fluorescent display tube for large screen video matrix array, showing a second embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view thereof as taken along line 15--15 of FIG. 9, all inner mechanisms being omitted; and

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view thereof as taken along line 16--16 of FIG. 9, all inner mechanisms being omitted.

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Patent History
Patent number: D317657
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 27, 1989
Date of Patent: Jun 18, 1991
Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo)
Inventors: Shuji Iwata (Amagasaki), Tsutomu Suyama (Amagasaki), Nobuo Terazaki (Nagasaki), Shunichi Futatsuishi (Nagasaki), Zenichiro Hara (Nagasaki), Noriyuki Tomimatsu (Nagasaki)
Primary Examiner: Susan J. Lucas
Law Firm: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack
Application Number: 7/428,046
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