Cathode ray tube socket with increased tube base retention
AssigneeChromalloy-Alcon, Inc.
InventorRonald L. Schultz
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Abstract
A socket body has increased retention means for push-on retaining engagement with a tube base supplemental to the usual frictional retaining engagement between mating terminals of the socket and tube base. In one form the increased retention means comprises a compressible split key. In another form the increased retention means comprises gripping fingers.
Claims20
A cathode ray tube socket, comprising:
- a molded dielectric body carrying an array of electrical terminals for frictional push-on electrical engagement with complementary terminals on cathode ray tube base means;
- increased retention means on said body separate from said array of terminals for axial push-on retaining engagement with the tube base means;
- and said increased retention means comprise resiliently flexible frictional gripping structure molded integrally on one piece with said body and having rectilinear surfaces extending generally in the direction of the axis of the body for slidable engagement with rectilinear surface areas of the tube base means when the tube base means is pushed axially into assembly with the body for thoroughly retaining the tube base means against separation from fully assembled relation with the socket body until the socket and tube base means are deliberately pulled apart.
In an assembly of a cathode ray tube having a base member carrying an array of electrical terminals and a socket structure member carrying an array of complementary terminals, the tube base member and the socket member being adapted to be assembled by push-on relative assembly movement, and the electrical terminals of the tube base member and of the socket member entering into frictional electrical engagement and providing primary retention against unintentional separation of the base member and socket member, the improvement comprising:
- increased retention means supplemental to the retention afforded by said terminals and including frictionally interengaging rectilinear surfaces on said members;
- said rectilinear surfaces on one of said members comprising resiliently flexible gripping structure.
A cathode ray tube socket, comprising:
- a dielectric body carrying an array of electrical terminals for frictional push-on electrical engagement with complementary terminals on cathode ray tube base means;
- increased retention means on said body separate from said array of terminals for axial push-on retaining engagement with the tube base means;
- and said increased retention means comprising a split key on the body engageable in frictional gripping compressed relation in a generally complementary keyway in the tube base means.
A cathode ray tube socket, comprising:
- a dielectric body carrying an array of electrical terminals for frictional push-on electrical engagement with complementary terminals on cathode ray tube base means;
- and increased retention means on said body separate from said array of terminals for push-on retaining engagement with the tube base means;
- said body having a bore aperture receptive of stem-like structure of the tube base means, and said increased retention means comprising a split compressible key shorter than said bore aperture and engageable retainingly with the tube base structure in a final increment of push-on assembly of the socket and tube base means.
In an assembly of a cathode ray tube having a base member carrying an array of electrical terminals and a socket structure member carrying an array of complementary terminals, the tube base member and the socket member being adapted to be assembled by push-on relative assembly movement, and the electrical terminals of the tube base member and of the socket member entering into frictional electrical engagement and providing primary retention against unintentional separation of the base member and socket member, the improvement comprising:
- increased retention means supplemental to the retention afforded by said terminals and including frictionally interengaging surfaces on said members;
- said increased retention means comprising a split compressible key on one of said members having friction surfaces;
- and a keyway in the other of said members receptive of the key and having friction surfaces placing the key under compression.
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