Crt Having Only Support At Front Portion Patents (Class 348/826)
  • Patent number: 11169572
    Abstract: A housing of a device comprises a screw boss that extends outwardly from a first base plate proximate to a corner of the housing. Additionally, the housing of the device includes a force dissipation member. The force dissipation member includes a central portion that is sized to detachably attach around the screw boss. The force dissipation member further includes at least two arms that extend outwardly from the central portion, wherein each arm of the at least two arms is attached to a different side of the two walls of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Blake Edmund Dunbar, Dwight Linwood Franz, Ralph Chen, Yang Zhang, Robert Pierce, Mark Tentler, Sean Philip Kearney, Mark Howe, Kevin Sharpe, Paul Morris, Doyle Davis
  • Patent number: 9538674
    Abstract: There is provided an electrical device's casing capable of reducing vibration generated by the electrical device while the device is operating. A converter case (10) encasing a reactor which generates vibration while operating includes: a plate-shaped base (12) having a front surface and a rear surface, the reactor being to be mounted on the front surface; a reactor case (30) erected from the front surface of the base (12) and surrounding an outer periphery of the reactor; a reinforcing portion (40) provided outside the reactor case (30) and configured to increase stiffness of the base (12); and a rib (50) coupling the reactor case (30) and the reinforcing portion (40) to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime Kushima, Hiroaki Yuasa
  • Patent number: 8582282
    Abstract: Disclosed with are a display apparatus. The apparatus includes a display module; a front panel disposed on a front of the display module; a first supporting member including a plurality of surfaces formed in directions perpendicular to each other, a first surface of the plurality of surfaces being fixed to the front panel and a second surface being fixed to the display module; and a bezel formed on an outer edge region of the display apparatus to surround a edge of the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Heejin Kim, Sangdon Park
  • Patent number: 7965344
    Abstract: An exemplary flat panel display (2) includes a housing (251 and 255) with a pair of joint members (256 and 257), a display panel (253) accommodating in the housing, a base (21) with a supporting member (210), and a pivot mechanism (23) connecting the supporting member and the joint members. The joint members are integrally formed with the housing, whereby the display panel is pivotable relative to the base. With this configuration, the integrated joint members provide the flat panel display with a simple structure, relatively easy assembly, and reduced cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Te-Hsu Wang, Ming-Chuan Li
  • Patent number: 7853414
    Abstract: A mirror assembly mountable to a wall includes a mirror platform having a front surface and a rear surface, a chassis engageable with the mirror platform to define a mirror assembly interior, at least one electrical component disposed within the mirror assembly interior, and a mounting structure. The mounting structure includes a support member mounted to one of the rear surface of the mirror platform and the chassis and a hanger member mounted to the other of the rear surface of the mirror platform and the chassis. The hanger member is removably securable on the support member to mount the mirror platform to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Electric Mirror, LLC
    Inventors: James V. Mischel, Jr., Patrick Erickson
  • Patent number: 7805260
    Abstract: A mirror assembly mountable to a wall is provided. The mirror assembly includes a mirror platform having a front surface and a rear surface, and a chassis mountable to the mirror platform. At least one electrical component is disposed between the mirror platform and the chassis. An electrical passageway is formed within the chassis for allowing the electrical component to be placed into communication with a power source located remotely from the mirror assembly. A recess is also formed within the chassis for housing a connection between the power source and the electrical component such that the chassis can be mounted substantially flush against the wall when the electrical component is electrically connected to the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Electric Mirror, LLC
    Inventors: James V. Mischel, Jr., James V. Mischel, Sr.
  • Patent number: 7658456
    Abstract: There is provided a rib structure formed at a predetermined position inside a cabinet and at positions around a display panel housed in a cabinet, the rib structure including a first rib portion that is substantially linear and one end of which is opposed to a side face of the display panel and a second rib portion that is substantially U-shaped and connected to an other end of the first rib portion at a nearly bottom position of the U-shape and two ends of the U-shape being connected to a wall face of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keisuke Aikawa
  • Patent number: 7342572
    Abstract: A system and method for turning a regular computer monitor screen into a touch screen using an ordinary camera. It includes an image-screen mapping procedure to correct for the non-flatness of the computer screen. It also includes a segmentation method to distinguish the foreground, for example an indicator such as a finger, from the background of a computer screen. Additionally, this system and method includes a robust technique of finding the tip point location of the indicator (such as the finger tip). The screen coordinates of the tip point are then used to control the position of the system indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corp.
    Inventors: Zhengyou Zhang, Ying Shan
  • Patent number: 7015635
    Abstract: Disclosed is a color CRT capable of obtaining the safety for an explosion by setting a band force of a reinforcing band coupled to a flat panel to be optimum, wherein a ratio of an effective surface of the panel is 4:3 and a following condition 0.0426*U2?46.848*U+14095?T*W*Yp?0.0381*U2?35.517*U+9994.1 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: LG.Philips Displays Korea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Han Jung
  • Patent number: 7005791
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a flat panel for cathode-ray tube capable of securing a large viewing area in the flat panel which is fitted into a window of a cabinet. In accordance with the panel of the present invention, stepped portions are formed along an edge of a face to fit the panel into the window of the cabinet. A depth from a surface of the face to a surface of the stepped portion is set to satisfy a condition of 2?Tf/Tc?0.7 where Tf is a vertical distance from a starting point of the stepped portion to an inner surface of the panel and Tc is a thickness of the center of the face. The panel in accordance with the present invention can provide perceptual flatness to a viewer; improved implosion-proof characteristics; and a structure capable of enduring an external mechanical impact. Further, the panel having a precise structure can be manufactured by a press-molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignees: Samsung Corning Co., Ltd., Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Mun Choo, Eon Jin Jeong, Seong Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 6757158
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube having an evacuated envelope including a substantially rectangular faceplate panel with a sidewall joined to a funnel and an implosion resistant band surrounding at least a portion of the sidewall and in contact therewith. The cathode ray tube is mounted in a cabinet by a plurality of mounting lugs. The mounting lugs having a base portion attached to the implosion resistant band, an adjoining portion substantially perpendicular to the base portion, and a mounting portion positioned at an angle in respect to the adjoining portion. The mounting portion having an aperture for receiving a fastner for coupling the mounting portion to the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S. A.
    Inventors: Harry Robert Swank, Zygmunt Marian Andrevski
  • Patent number: 6659679
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fastening a cathode ray tube on a covering frame, in the case of which a flat flange which is fastened on the cathode ray tube and is provided with a bore is screwed to the covering frame by a screw, via an internal thread. Arranged between the covering frame and flange is a compensating element which, in a position which is determined by the cathode ray tube butting against the covering frame, can be fixed in relation to the covering frame in that the compensating element interacts with an internal-thread-containing guide part of the covering frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: EJOT Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Humm, Gottfried König
  • Patent number: 6377319
    Abstract: A projection television set having a screen and three projection units each capable of projecting a monochromatic image onto the screen. The projection units each having a cathode ray tube (CRT) optically coupled to a projection lens, which includes both a C-lens and a compound lens. A spacer preferably having three optical passageways is coupled to and between the CRTs and projection lenses. Each CRT is coupled to the spacer via a holder having a housing adapted to capture the CRT and two mounting brackets, each preferably adapted to distribute a spring load to at least two points on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Inventor: Masayoshi Shinobu
  • Patent number: 6144417
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a screen frame, which is capable of producing clear 3-D video images with a simple structure. The screen frame includes: a frame structure being capable of covering over a screen of a display unit at a prescribed distance away from the screen. Furthermore, the frame structure encloses a window space, whose size is smaller than the size of the screen of the display unit so as to cover parts of the display unit other than the screen. By attaching the screen frame of the present invention, which has a simple structure, to a screen of a display unit, video images on the screen have visual depth, so the user is hallucinated as if he or she is really watching an outdoor scene through a window. Furthermore, the video images on the screen can be made clear by removing influence of external light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Yugen Kaisha Sozoan
    Inventor: Ken Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 6137548
    Abstract: A mounting structure for a display device which includes a frame on which a screen is held includes a protecting panel disposed at the front side of the screen, a substantially Z-form holding member having a holding portion for holding the peripheral edge of the protecting panel, and a pressing portion pressed in the gap formed between the frame and the screen. The screen is placed at the back side of the frame, the protecting panel is placed at the inner side of the opening of the frame, a part of the holding portion of the holding member is positioned between the opening of the frame and the peripheral part of the protecting panel. By the pressing portion of the holding member, the screen and the holding member are held on the frame, and by the holding portion of the holding member, the protecting panel is held on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Uchida, Kaoru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 5990985
    Abstract: A display apparatus with a shield unit which is easily mounted includes: a cathode ray tube for displaying images; a first cover in which the cathode ray tube is assembled; a cathode ray tube bracket fixed to the front case for supporting the cathode ray tube, and having a reeve in the rear, a shield cover installed in the rear of the cathode ray tube bracket for shielding an electric field, and having a coupling unit in the front; a guiding rail for shielding an electric field, and of the shield cover with the reeve formed on the cathode ray tube bracket; and a second cover coupled with the first cover for covering the shield cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwey-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 5956101
    Abstract: A support frame has second lugs at a location corresponding to the first lugs provided at corners of a CRT secured by the support frame. The support frame supports the weight of the CRT, and is disposed between the CRT and the rear case of a monitor. Each first lug and each second lug engage a front case by a means of bolt, securing the CRT and the support frame. A guide groove provided at the support frame and a guide portion push the front case outward, maintaining the outer form of the front case during and after assembly, and act as a guide when assembling the support frame and the front cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Wook Yang
  • Patent number: 5949500
    Abstract: A degaussing coil fixing technique in which, after inserting four shaping holders into a frame of a monitor, shaping a degaussing coil by the shaping holders and fixing the frame are simultaneously carried out while the frame is fixed onto a front cover by putting the degaussing coil on an electron tube. The shaping holder includes a seating part with an elastic force for fixing the degaussing coil by being bent to have a radius which is set to be integrally formed with a holder body of the shaping holder assembled to the frame in a body, and a hooking plate extending from a free end of the seating part for smoothly catching the degaussing coil to guide it to the seating part when assembling the frame and a front cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Wook Yang
  • Patent number: 5844635
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube mounting structure comprising a supporter secured to the cathode ray tube and an elevated seat formed at each side of the front portion of a printed circuit board mounting bracket for mounting the supporter. The printed circuit board mounted bracket is secured to a bottom cover or wall member and supported by a brace and ribs formed thereon. The cathode ray tube mounting structure of the present invention supports the weight of the cathode ray tube in a more evenly distributed manner and thereby prevents the monitor case from cracking or deforming to increase product reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwan-sup Kim
  • Patent number: 5812215
    Abstract: In a projecting unit of a projector, a projecting tube is sealingly attached to a projecting tube frame by means of a packing member, a projecting lens is sealingly attached to a projecting lens frame by means of a packing member, and an image on the projecting tube is projected on a screen by the projecting lens. A packing member is interposed between and in engagement with the frames such that the frames are sealingly attached, and can slide against said packing member. The frames are secured to each other for use of the projecting unit, or separated from each other to permit adjustment of the space between the frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fusaaki Yamada, Shigeru Takeuchi, Masayuki Nishimitsu, Takashi Ueda, Toshitaka Tachibana
  • Patent number: 5793448
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube package includes a cathode ray tube assembly and a housing assembly including a deflection coil and/or at least one focus coil. The cathode ray tube assembly includes a collar (31) aligned with the electron beam, being arranged to mate with a mounting collar (41) carried on the housing assembly. The provision of the collar (31) enables the cathode ray tube assembly to be easily replaced at the end of the cathode ray tube's life within the housing assembly without the need for realignment of the coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Brimar Limited
    Inventors: George David Atkinson, James Francis Nangle
  • Patent number: 5748265
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for fixing a picture tube having a lug on a shell of a screen, includes a threaded device, a prop device mounted on the shell of the screen for receiving the threaded device and fixing the lug of the picture tube thereon with said threaded device, and an adjusting device adjustably extending from a top of and confined by the prop device for compensating a space between the lug and the prop device thus fixing the picture tube through the lug. The present invention provides a cheap and easy-assembling fixing device for compensating space between picture tube and prop of the screen shell and well fixing the picture tube in the screen shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Inventor: Deng-Nan Lin
  • Patent number: 5742360
    Abstract: A monitor case assembly includes a front case section to which a cathode ray tube is fixed; a rear case section fastened to the front case section; and an intermediate case section interposed between the front and rear sections for reenforcing the case and preventing distortion in the case due to the weight of the cathode ray tube. The monitor case assembly also providing a more visually appealing exterior appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Su Kwon, Jae Soo Sim, Young Tai Kim
  • Patent number: 5719548
    Abstract: A scoring system for a bowling center having a plurality of lanes includes scoring consoles equal in number to the number of lanes in the bowling center. Each scoring console includes a housing and an input system in the housing for receiving user input data related to the associated lane. The console includes a display device having a surface for displaying video images and a housing for the display device. The housing supports the display device and includes a flange surrounding an open area defining a quadrilateral opening in the housing for viewing the display surface. The display device attaches to the mounting portion. In this manner, the mounting assembly draws the flange toward the display surface to conform the flange to the three-dimensional surface configuration of the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation
    Inventors: Michael F. Stirling, Daniel E. Gremonprez
  • Patent number: 5719645
    Abstract: In an electronic apparatus provided with a display device, hinge portions for rotatably holding the display device on the apparatus body are provided in two portions on the display device, and the display device is so arranged that it is rotatable in one direction about one hinge portion or rotatable in another direction about the other hinge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Saito, Masahiko Ito
  • Patent number: 5691781
    Abstract: A TV receiver includes a cabinet, a cathode ray tube (3) with a substantially rectangular screen (4) and two brackets (6) which are secured to side parts (9) of the cathode ray tube for the purpose of mounting the cathode ray tube in the cabinet. For easy mounting of electronic parts inside the cabinet, the TV receiver includes a lower and an upper cabinet part (1,2), and the brackets (6) and the lower cabinet part (1) includes portions for (12-17) temporarily positioning and holding the cathode ray tube (3) in a tilted position in the lower cabinet part for servicing purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Giovanni Siccardo
  • Patent number: 5673982
    Abstract: An appliance such as a personal computer is assembled by attaching a monitor to a metal chassis in predetermined positional relationship thereto. Thereafter, an outer housing is installed around the chassis/monitor unit by mounting a front housing portion (bezel) to a rear housing portion. The attaching of the monitor to the chassis is achieved by the use of brackets mounted on respective flanges of the monitor. Each bracket includes a threaded hole aligned with a threaded hole of the chassis. A mounting screw extends through the flange and is threadedly secured in the threaded holes of the chassis and bracket to secure the monitor to the chassis while simultaneously fixing the positional relationship therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven B. Chase, James K. Levins, Michael T. Milo
  • Patent number: 5298984
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube device employed in a projection apparatus for projecting an image on a screen. The cathode ray tube device includes a supporting frame mounted on a rim of a front panel section of the cathode ray tube, a lens plate in the form of a frame having a center aperture, and having a projection lens system attached to it, and a positioning supporting member detachably mounted on a mounting base plate of the projection apparatus and adapted for positioning the supporting frame and the lens plate with respect to the mounting base plate for detachably supporting the supporting frame and the lens plate by the mounting base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Numata
  • Patent number: 5299016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure of positioning a cathode ray tube in a cabinet of a television receiver. In the television receiver, at least one portion of each of front window frames of the cabinet for positioning the cathode ray tube therein is formed as to be elastically deformable outwardly due to a contacting relationship between the cathode ray tube and the cabinet when assembling them. Because at least one portion of each of the front window frames is elastically deformed, a variation in a dimensional relationship between the cabinet and the cathode ray tube caused when securing the cathode ray tube to the cabinet can be compensated. Preferably, the front window frame is formed in such a manner that a thickness thereof is gradually reduced from the proximal end toward the free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Narumi Hirota, Toshiharu Hikida
  • Patent number: RE37502
    Abstract: A TV receiver includes a cabinet, a cathode ray tube (3) with a substantially rectangular screen (4) and two brackets (6) which are secured to side parts (9) of the cathode ray tube for the purpose of mounting the cathode ray tube in the cabinet. For easy mounting of electronic parts inside the cabinet, the TV receiver includes a lower and an upper cabinet part (1,2), and the brackets (6) and the lower cabinet part (1) includes portions for (12-17) temporarily positioning and holding the cathode ray tube (3) in a tilted position in the lower cabinet part for servicing purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Giovanni Siccardo