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X-ray emitter

US10438766B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Carry Issbruecker · Saalfeld, DE
Robert Standar · Pretzfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 2017
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01J2235/1046
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An X-ray emitter includes an emitter housing in which an X-ray tube is disposed and held in the emitter housing by a fixing facility. The fixing facility includes a fixed bearing disposed on the cathode side and a floating bearing disposed on the anode side. At least the floating bearing has at least one damping element. In the X-ray emitter, the X-ray tube is aligned inside the emitter housing and fixed in a respectively low-vibration or vibration-damped manner, resulting in a more stable focus position relative to a beam exit and also a correspondingly improved image quality.

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