Patent · US Expired

X-ray-tube target assembly and method for making

US6198805A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 1999
Grant dateMar 6, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2235/1208
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An X-ray-tube target assembly includes an annular monolithic X-ray-tube target shaft and a monolithic X-ray-tube target cap. The target shaft is a stepped target shaft. The target cap is inertially welded to the target shaft. The target assembly is made by inertially welding together a monolithic solid cylinder and a monolithic solid X-ray-tube target cap and then machining the target shaft to be annular and to have the step.

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