CRT in-line gun electrode having strengthening ribs

An improvement in a plural-electrode in-line multi-beam cathode ray tube electron gun assembly integrated by a plurality of longitudinal insulative support members, said improvement comprising:

• a substantially planar one-piece electrode member having opposed side and end portions and definitive l-l' and w-w' axes therein, said member having a plurality of spatially positioned and in-line related apertures therethrough such being oriented in a common plane substantially the l-l' axis of said member, one of said apertures being located at the intersection of said l and w axes, said planar member having at least two opposed supporting projections extending from either side thereof in a positional manner for attachment to said assembly support members, each of the side portions of said electrode member having a substantially longitudinal strengthening bend therein, each of the aperture areas in said member having a pair of rib embossments spatially associated therewith, each of said ribs being substantially formed as a yoke configuration having an intermediate arcuate section from which two extremital sections opposedly extend in a substantially common linear relationship, the arcuate sections of said pair of yoke-formed ribs being oriented in spaced circumferential relationship to a respective aperture, the pair of rib embossments spatially associated with said aperture located at the intersection of said l and w axes have extremital sections thereof co-extending into the respective opposed supporting projections protruding from the sides of said member to provide strengthening thereto.