Hermetically encased electroluminescent display device

• US 3,330,982 A
• Filed: 08/14/1964
• Issued: 07/11/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Herbert F. Dickson Jr
• Original Assignee: Herbert F. Dickson Jr
• Inventors: Dickson, Herbert F. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US04/389,680
• Time in Patent Office: 1,061 Days
• US Class Current: 313/510
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 33/04 Sealing arrangements , e.g. against humidity
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 33/06 Electrode terminals

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION WITH AN ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A VIEWING PANEL RELATIVE TO A SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSPARENT COMMON ELECTRODE SEPARATED FORM AN ARRAY OF INDIVIDUALLY ENERGIZABLE ELECTRODE SEGMENTS BY AN ELECTRIC FIELD RESPONSIVE PHOSPHORDIELECTRIC LAYER THEREBETWEEN, A HERMETIC ENCASEMENT OF SAID DEVICE COMPRISING:

A METALLIC CONNECTOR PLATE FORMED FOR COMPATIBLE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SEGMENT PORTION OF SAID DEVICE, SAID PLATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTIVE PINS INSULATIVELY SEALED THEREIN AND EXTENDED THERETHROUGH;

INTERNAL CONNECTIVE MEANS PROVIDING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION FOR SAID INDIVIDUAL ELECTRODE SEGMENTS AND SAID COMMON ELECTRODE WITH SAID RESPECTIVE PINS;

AND A METALLIC FRAME HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM PERIMETRIC PORTIONS FORMED TO ENCOMPASS SAID DISPLAY DEVICE AND SAID CONNECTOR PLATE, SAID TOP PORTION BEING SEALED TO SAID VIEWING PANEL AND SAID BOTTOM PORTION BEING SEALED TO SAID CONNECTOR PLATE TO PROVIDE HERMETIC SEALS FOR SAID DEVICE.