IP Library Granted Patent US 7,309,952
Granted Patent B2
US 7,309,952 · App. 10/926,076 · Granted Dec 18, 2007

Flat panel with blend round portion structure for use in a cathode ray tube

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Patent No.
US 7,309,952
App. No.
10/926,076
Granted
Dec 18, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flat panel for a cathode ray tube includes a faceplate portion, a skirt portion and a blend round portion joining the faceplate portion with the skirt portion. A point where an external contour of the faceplate portion meets an external blend round contour of the blend round portion is defined as a first point and a point where an external contour of the skirt portion meets the external blend round contour is defined as a second point. The external blend round contour is formed between an imaginary arc whose end points coincide with the first and second points and a line segment whose end points coincide with the first and second points, or is the line segment. The imaginary arc is smoothly connected to the external contours of the faceplate portion and the skirt portion at the first and the second point.

Claims (17)

1. A flat panel for use in a cathode ray tube, comprising:

a faceplate portion for displaying images;

a skirt portion extended backward from a perimeter of the faceplate portion; and

a blend round portion joining the faceplate portion with the skirt portion,

wherein, looking at a cross section of the panel, a point formed by an external contour of the faceplate portion and an external blend round contour of the blend round portion is defined as a first point and a point formed by an external contour of the skirt portion and the external blend round contour of the blend round portion is defined as a second point,

wherein the external contour of the blend round portion is a line segment whose two opposite end points coincide with the first and the second point.

2. The flat panel of claim 1 , wherein edge portions at the first and the second point are rounded to become curves.

3. The flat panel of claim 2 , wherein each of the curves obtained by rounding the edge portions at the first and the second point has a radius of curvature equal to or greater than 1 mm.

4. A flat panel for using in a cathode ray tube, comprising:

a faceplate portion for displaying images;

a skirt portion extending backward from a perimeter of the faceplate portion; and

a blend round portion joining the faceplate portion with the skirt portion, wherein, in a cross section of the panel, a point formed by an external contour of the faceplate portion and an external contour of the blend round portion is defined as a first point and a point formed by an external contour of the skirt portion and the external contour of the blend round portion is defined as a second point,

wherein the external is formed with at least two line segments, and

wherein one end point of a first line segment of the line segments coincides with the first point and one end point of a second line segment of the line segment coincides with the second point, the first line segment being adjacent to the faceplate portion and the second line segment being adjacent to the skirt portion.

5. The flat panel of claim 4 , wherein one or more edge portions created by the line segments are rounded to become one or more curves, each curve having a radius of curvature equal to or greater than 1 mm.

6. The flat panel of claim 4 , wherein edge portions at the first and the second point are rounded to become curves.

7. The flat panel of claim 6 , wherein each of the curves obtained by rounding the edge portions at the first and the second point has a radius of curvature equal to or greater than 1 mm.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE/ASSIGNOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 020624 FRAME 0240. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER. Recorded May 16, 2008
From: SAMSUNG CORNING CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG CORNING PRECISION GLASS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020956/0832 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 10, 2008
From: SAMSUNG CORNING PRECISION GLASS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG CORNING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020624/0240 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2004
From: CHOO, KYOUNG MUN; LEE, SOON WOONG; KIM, JAE SEON
To: SAMSUNG CORNING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015733/0635 →