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AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsJoseph Arthur Reed, Gary Lee Diven, Louis Emmanuel Matalon, Kelly Eugene Hamm, Steven William Haun
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The invention provides a CRT having a funnel sealed at one end to a faceplate panel with a luminescent screen on an interior surface thereof, a mask assembly supported within the CRT and in proximity to the screen, the faceplate panel having a plurality of peripheral sidewalls each having an inside surface. The CRT also includes a plurality of studs, with at least one stud affixed in each of the corners of inside surface of the sidewalls. A plurality of springs engage the corner studs, to support the mask assembly within the CRT; at least one additional stud is affixed along the inside surface of one sidewall and a shim is attached around the additional stud. On the mask assembly at least one bracket is positioned to have a slot into which the shim is loosely engaged, thereby mitigating motion in a plane parallel to the interior sidewall.
A CRT having a funnel sealed at one end to a generally rectangular faceplate panel with two long sides and two short sides and forming an evacuated glass envelope, the panel including a luminescent screen on an interior surface thereof a mask assembly supported within the CRT near the screen, the faceplate panel having a peripheral sidewalls with an inside surface and four corners including a plurality of studs affixed to the inside surface, a plurality of springs positioned on the mask assembly that engage the plurality of studs to support the mask assembly within the CRT, the CRT comprising at least one additional stud affixed along the inside surface of one of the sidewalls, a shim attached and surrounding the additional stud, and at least one bracket positioned on the mask frame and having a slot into which the shim is loosely engaged at a location remote from the springs.
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