Crt Position Adjustable By User Patents (Class 348/827)
  • Patent number: 11945602
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft. The assembly comprises a frame, an instrument panel fixed to the frame, a support system with an arm bearing a tray in which the arm positions the tray behind the instrument panel, and in which the tray comprises a first attachment arrangement, and a support comprising a second attachment arrangement which cooperates with the first attachment arrangement to removably fix the support onto the tray. The support also comprises a fixing system which ensures the removable fixing of a touch tablet onto the support. With such an assembly, the touch tablet is held without the aid of the pilot and it is positioned in front of him or her for easy access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Vincent Auriac, Patrick Salgues, Laurent Feuillerac
  • Patent number: 11507937
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and methods for displaying information and advertisements in public or private venues including a body portion adapted to a seat structure or other seat supported apparatus, either as a base unit or a retrofit apparatus, wherein the seat structure or seating apparatus may provide the structure and housing for electronics necessary to power and control an electronic display that may be disposed on an adjustable modular bracket system that may be attached to a seat, a seat back, a cupholder, a cupholder attachment apparatus, a portable or mobile device attachment apparatus, which may be accessible, visible, and/or useable by a patron at a public venue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: BRANDED SEATS USA, LLC
    Inventor: Shad E. Bruce
  • Patent number: 11485291
    Abstract: An assembly for mounting a mobile terminal in or on a vehicle, having a mounting console which has a receiving portion for the mobile terminal. The receiving portion has a support surface for the mobile terminal starting from a vertical and being arranged in an inclined manner relative to same, and a base which delimits the bottom of the receiving portion and supports the bottom of the mobile terminal. The mounting console is arranged in a compulsory manner in or on the vehicle and its support surface is inclined towards a vehicle driver of the vehicle in such a way that when the mobile terminal is arranged as intended in the mounting console such that an operating and/or display surface of the mounted mobile terminal faces away from the vehicle driver, the operating and/or display surface is not visible to the vehicle driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joern Leuenberger, Peter Christian Huebner
  • Patent number: 11365009
    Abstract: A spring clutch arm assembly includes a moveable arm comprising a retracted configuration and a deployed configuration, a fixed shaft, and a spring portion comprising a moving portion with a distal end and a coil portion wrapped around the fixed shaft. The moveable arm may include a moveable member. The distal end may be attached to the moveable member. The moveable arm may be held in the deployed configuration by the spring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventor: Klay E. Gilbert
  • Patent number: 9606576
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for locating a display of a Self-Service Terminal (SST) at a desired viewing angle. The apparatus comprises a display support that supports a display of a Self-Service Terminal (SST) and that is pivotably mounted at an edge region thereof to the terminal; a variable length member that connects a further region of the display support to the terminal; and a motor that selectively varies the length of the member, the edge region and further region being spaced apart to tilt the display at a viewing angle responsive to the length of the variable length member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Liam Mccafferty, Roderick George Paterson, Donald I. MacInnes
  • Patent number: 8823883
    Abstract: A supporting device includes a support, serving to support a main body of the display unit, formed by injection molding using a transparent material. A display unit includes the supporting device. The display unit includes a main body having a screen and a supporting device to support the main body. The supporting device includes a support connected to the main body and a stand connected to the lower part of the support. The support includes a transparent member formed by injection molding using a transparent material. The transparent member is disposed between the main body and the stand to support the display unit, and is formed by insert injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hak Kim, Eun Serb An, Hyun Jun Jung, Seung Hoon Oh, Sang Bong Jeon
  • Patent number: 8760587
    Abstract: A remote control device is operative to enable and facilitate user control of video systems that are operative to provide one or more three-dimensional (3D) viewing effects. According to an exemplary embodiment, the remote control device includes a user input terminal having an input element operative to receive user inputs to adjust at least one of a volume setting and a channel setting of a video system, and further operative to receive user inputs to adjust a three-dimensional (3-D) viewing effect of the video system. A transmitter is operative to transmit control signals to the video system in response to the user inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Dong Tian, Peng Yin, Wang Lin Lai, Zhenyu Wu, Chad Andrew Lefevre
  • Patent number: 8713591
    Abstract: A method of detecting missing devices in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub includes obtaining a registration of at least one device that includes a source device. An instruction is received from a user to present program content from the source device. A set of one or more sink devices missing from the home entertainment system for a presentation of the program content based on an assessment by the wireless home entertainment hub of presentation capabilities of the home entertainment system using the at least one device registered with the wireless home entertainment hub is determined. The set of one or more sink devices is presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Porto Vinci Ltd Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Patrick T. Igoe, Leonid Kravets
  • Patent number: 8362716
    Abstract: A frame drive circuit for a CRT device having a deflection processor (14) which develops a deflection processor output signal includes a frame coil (16) having a first core half (12) and a second core half (18), and a first driver (20) and a second driver (22). The deflection processor output signal is applied to each of the first driver (20) and the second driver (22). Each of the first driver (20) and the second driver (22) are selectively operative independently of each other to develop respectively a first coil drive signal (24 OUT) and a second coil drive signal (26 OUT) as a function of the deflection processor output signal. The first coil drive signal (24 OUT) and the second coil drive signal (26 OUT) are applied to a respective one of the first coil half (12) and said second coil half (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Entropic Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Adriaan P. D. De Pauw
  • Patent number: 8237874
    Abstract: This display screen turning apparatus includes a turntable mounted with a display body and rotatable in a horizontal plane, a base, rotatably holding the turntable, provided with a drawn projecting portion and a floating prevention member so mounted on the projecting portion of the base as to prevent the turntable from upward floating. The floating prevention member has a floating prevention portion provided above a region where the upper surface of the turntable is arranged, a mounting portion for mounting the floating prevention member on the projecting portion and a leg portion provided between the floating prevention portion and the mounting portion for maintaining the base and the floating prevention member at a prescribed interval by coming into contact with the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Yokota, Toshiharu Hibi
  • Patent number: 8231081
    Abstract: The invention is a mount for an electronic display device. The mount comprises a mount member that has a top face and a bottom face. Portions of the mount member are configured to engage portions of a mounting surface within the cockpit of an airplane. The mount also comprises a containment member spaced therefrom the mount member. A joint member is disposed in frictional contact with portions of the respective mount member and containment member. A base member, which can be configured for engagement with a portion of the electronic display device, can be connected to the joint member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Avionics Support Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugo L. Fortes, Armand Wong, Robert Alfonso, Alex Rodrigo, Raul Segredo, Stylian Cocalides
  • Patent number: 8079716
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a determination unit that determines a distortion state of a projected image, and a correction unit that performs distortion correction of the image according to the distortion state, wherein the correction unit performs distortion correction calculation using either an intersection point of diagonal lines of the image after distortion correction in a display area of an optical modulator or a center of gravity of the image as the origin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Aso
  • Patent number: 8054388
    Abstract: A support apparatus is provided for supporting a television or other video display for movement between a viewing position and a storage position. The support apparatus is attached to the frame of an article of furniture such as a bed. The support apparatus may allow the video display to rotate from a vertical, viewing position to a horizontal position in which the video display can be retracted beneath the article of furniture for storage. The movement of the support apparatus may be manual or automatic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel S. Hurd
  • Patent number: 8033902
    Abstract: A gaming apparatus comprising a display unit capable of generating video images is described. The display unit can be a flat panel display with aspect ratio having a magnitude greater than or equal to 16/10. A wager-based game can be provided on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventors: William R. Wells, Chauncey W. Griswold
  • Patent number: 7876315
    Abstract: A thin image display apparatus includes a thin image display apparatus body, a hollow support member having a first end at which the hollow support member supports the thin image display apparatus body through a rocking mechanism section and a second end at which a plug element configured to engage with an illumination apparatus wiring member attached to the ceiling or a wall is provided, and a power line extending through the hollow support member and configured to connect the plug element and the thin image display apparatus body to each other. The thin image display apparatus body receives, when the plug element engages with the illumination apparatus wiring member, power supplied through the power line together with a modulated image signal supplied through the power line such that an image based on the modulated image signal is displayed on the thin image display apparatus body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Suzuki, Yasuhisa Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7384021
    Abstract: A rotation mechanism of a television includes a rotation unit, a box, a frame which is connected on the box and connected with the television, and a driving unit. The driving unit has a stationary fan-shaped rack with a positioning rod and a pivot. The rack is connected to the rotation unit and box is rotated about the rack when the driving unit is activated so that the rotation unit and the frame are rotated. By this arrangement, the television is rotated with the rotation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Inventor: Chun-Chieh Liao
  • Patent number: 7154397
    Abstract: A point-of-care computer system includes a display positioned in a point-of-care location, a computer coupled to the display, and a network coupled to the computer to enable the computer to access information stored in a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Hill Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mark Zerhusen, Ryan A. Reeder, John D. Vogel, Michael E. Cerimele, Carl W. Riley, Timothy D. Wildman
  • Patent number: 7072001
    Abstract: A multi-axis adjusting apparatus includes a base with an upper surface, and each side of a central line of the base has at least one slot; a sliding seat, which is set on the upper surface of the base, and each of two ends of an upper surface of the sliding seat has at least one screw hole, each position of two sides of the upper surface of the sliding seat corresponding to the slot has at least one sliding plate, which has a U-shaped slot; a plurality of fixing screws, which are inserted into the U-shaped slot and the slot; a carrier, which is mounted on the upper surface of the sliding seat, and each of two ends of the upper surface corresponding to the screw hole has at least one fillister with one penetrating hole; plural adjusting screws are going through the screw holes and connecting to the penetrating holes by way of a floating structure. It is therefore the function of simultaneous adjustment of the multi-axis can be approached to rapidly complete the adjustment and reduce cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Fan-Chieh Chang, Kuo-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 6654068
    Abstract: A computer display includes a pivotally mounted upper housing having a display screen, a brake used to retard pivoting motion of this upper housing, and a release mechanism for releasing the brake so that the upper housing can be freely moved. The display screen is preferably a touchscreen, which is touched to indicate a selection made by the user, with the brake resisting a tilting movement of the screen as it is touched. In a first version, two brakes are used to retard motion in both directions, with a single release wheel being turned in one direction to allow rearward motion of the upper housing and in another direction to allow forward motion of the upper housing. In a second version, a single brake is released by stopping motion of a release mandrel to unwrap a clutch spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Gabriel Brewington, David Campbell Brower, Richard Hunter Harris, Herbert Gene Leonard, Fred David Parnell, Jeff David Thomas
  • Patent number: 6354550
    Abstract: A video display stand having dual panning axes suitable for controlling a screen direction of appliances such as a TV set or a personal computer without bumping against a wall even in a state that it is positioned very closely to the wall, and its controlling method for automatically controlling screen directions by using a driving force, including two motors being installed having gear driving shafts at one side of either a rotational base or a rotation support member of the TV set; two movement guide toothed slots each being formed along a circular arc centering a mutually opposite gear driving shaft with a predetermined width and depth, at the opposite side corresponding to the position of each motor, and having a gear portion to be engaged with the gear driving shaft at one side of each wall; and a controller for controlling driving of the motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Seog Yeong Jeong
  • Patent number: 6337720
    Abstract: A built-in monitor apparatus such as an electronic game machine and etc., which is adapted to allow a built-in monitor unit having a rectangular picture screen to rotate in a 90-degree arc. This built-in monitor apparatus comprises; a monitor unit comprising a cathode-ray tube; a base unit comprising a frame for rotatably supporting the monitor unit, and a stretchable damper biased to be moved forward, each end of the damper being pivotally connected to a portion between the frame and said casing; a guide roller mounted on the frame and adapted to slide along a guide rail provided within the casing; and a locking means for restraining the movement of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Tecmo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ui
  • Patent number: 6334599
    Abstract: A video display stand having dual panning axes suitable for controlling a screen direction of appliances such as a TV set or a personal computer without bumping against a wall even in a state that it is positioned very closely to the wall, and its controlling method for automatically controlling screen directions by using a driving force, including two motors being installed having gear driving shafts at one side of either a rotational base or a rotation support member of the TV set; two movement guide toothed slots each being formed along a circular arc centering a mutually opposite gear driving shaft with a predetermined width and depth, at the opposite side corresponding to the position of each motor, and having a gear portion to be engaged with the gear driving shaft at one side of each wall; and a controller for controlling driving of the motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Seog Yeong Jeong
  • Patent number: 6198515
    Abstract: An improved cathode ray tube (“CRT”) positioning apparatus and method for use in a video display terminal. In particular, it solves the problem of precisely locating each of the four corners of the CRT at a predetermined distance from the inner edges of the bezel, such that a predetermined sealing pressure is achieved between the bezel and the CRT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Inventor: Joseph W. Cole
  • Patent number: 6104443
    Abstract: The present invention combines a small, compact, light-in-weight television receiver with a positioning mechanism that allows the television viewer to orient the television screen to suit her own comfort. The small size of the television receiver is intended to service only a few viewers at a time. Since the present invention utilizes a small, lightweight television receiver, a much more agile positioning mechanism can be employed.The television receiver is supported in space by the articulation mechanism. The articulation mechanism can be attached to a wall, the headboard of a bed, to a piece of medical equipment, or to any other fixed object. An umbilical cable is drawn through the articulation mechanism and connects the television receiver to a power adapter. The power adapter accepts utility power from household convenience outlets and draws television signals from an antenna or a cable television outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Inventors: David Adcock, Jack Ivan Jmaev
  • Patent number: 6061104
    Abstract: A display assembly that includes a flat panel display and a display stand. A hinge that attaches to the housing of the display provides for tilt adjustment. The display stand includes two rails that attach to a base and a sliding frame that is coupled to the hinge. The two rails support the sliding frame such that the sliding frame can move up and down along the two rails. A rotary dampener dampens downward movement of the sliding frame. The display stand also includes a latching mechanism that selectively latches the sliding frame to one of the rails. The latching mechanism includes a handle that can be manually operated so as to selectively engage and disengage the latching mechanism. Movement of the handle of the latching mechanism releases the latching mechanism. The display can then be moved up or down as desired to accommodate the needs of a particular user. Once the display is positioned as desired, the release of the handle operates to engage the latching mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel E. Evanicky, Thomas Mabry, Carl Engelbrecht
  • Patent number: 6005642
    Abstract: A light-in-weight portable television receiver or computer monitor has doors that close over its display screen, to facilitate it being transported by a child of nine or ten years of age. The display screen is substantially vertical during normal viewing. These doors have loudspeakers on their interior surfaces, which doors open out from the sides of the cabinet to space the loudspeakers further apart for better stereophonic sound reproduction. Console or hutch types of cabinets for television receivers can also employ left- and right-swinging doors over the display screen and include stereophonic loudspeakers in the doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Edward Herman Meisner, Michael Patrick Ballone, Keith Kristiansen, John Flick Garrison, Allen LeRoy Limberg
  • Patent number: 5941615
    Abstract: A movable structure for a display includes: a display device placed in a substantially vertical state in a front opening of a chassis; a sliding member disposed on the chassis and supporting a lower fulcrum of a lower end portion of the display device so as to be movable in back and forth directions; and a guide groove disposed on the chassis and supporting an upper fulcrum of an upper end portion of the display device so as to be movable in vertical directions, so that the upper end portion of the display device downward moves while the lower end portion forward moves, thereby opening the front opening of the chassis, wherein the sliding member includes a first sliding member supported with the chassis so as to be slidable in the back and forth directions by a first sliding stroke, and a second sliding member supported on the first sliding member so as to be slidable in the back and forth directions by a second sliding stroke and supporting the lower fulcrum of the lower end portion of the display device, wh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignees: Harness System Technologies Research, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Ito, Masashi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 5892557
    Abstract: A device for viewing an audiovisual work is shown and described. A hooded enclosure containing a monitor is mounted on an adjustable-height support, the monitor being movable from an initial position to a user-selected viewing height. The enclosure is provided with handles which are grasped and pulled by the user to lower the enclosure to the user-selected viewing height, and the support is provided with a biasing member which automatically returns the enclosure to the initial height when the enclosure is released by the user. A switch is coupled to the support, such that when the enclosure is lowered toward the user-selected viewing height, the switch is activated, thereby starting the audiovisual work. Conversely, when the enclosure is released by the user, the biasing member returns the enclosure to its initial position, and the switch is deactivated, thereby automatically stopping the audiovisual work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Inventor: Brian N. Henderson
  • 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: 5791621
    Abstract: A supporting device for a TV receiver which enables the viewer even while lying down to comfortably view the TV. The supporting device includes a frame and a chassis for holding the TV. The frame includes an at least partially circular guide member, which has a horizontal axis. The chassis can turn round the axis in rotatable engagement with the guide member by at least 90.degree. with respect to the surface on which the frame is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Inventor: Seiichi Yashima
  • 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: 5506629
    Abstract: Projecting-type display apparatus, wherein an image forming means frame is supported in such a manner as to be rotatable within a first plane perpendicular to an optical axis of a projection lens, and within a second plane including the optical axis and perpendicular to the first plane. A projecting-type display apparatus comprising means for changing the distance between an image forming means frame and a lens frame continuously or stepwise. A projecting-type display apparatus comprising means for changing the field angle of a projection unit having image forming means and projection lens with respect to a sreen cointinuously or stepwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kan Kawahara, Shigeru Takeuchi, Toshitaka Tachibana, Fusaaki Yamada
  • Patent number: 5404182
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a swivel chassis in which the angle of the mounted device can be freely varied vertically and horizontally and in which a sufficient level of holding strength is assured so that the desired angle is not subject to change with vibration and the weight of the mounted device. To achieve this objective, the swivel chassis main unit comprises a base and a hemispherical raised portion with spherical surfaces formed on the inside and outside, and an inclination restricting hole formed at its center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Nippon Control Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Nomura
  • Patent number: 5351176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to front panel display construction for computers. The front panel includes a panel assembly secured to the computer having an opening formed therein so as to provide access to internal components of the computer. In addition, the front panel has a display member pivotably secured to the panel assembly which pivots between an open position and a closed position. In the open position the internal components of the computer are accessible to a user or operator and in the closed position, access to the internal components is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: North Atlantic Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Smith Stephen W., Mark T. Oliver
  • 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: 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