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Rotary anode type X-ray tube

US5204890A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1991
Grant dateApr 20, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2235/1066
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A rotary X-ray tube of the anode type wherein at least one of bearing surfaces which are partly formed on rotary and stationary structures is made of ceramics whose main component is the nitride, boride or carbide of at least one of those deviation metals, except chromium, which belong to a group IVA, VA or VIA element of a period 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table.

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