Two-dimensional, anti-scatter grid and collimator designs, and its motion, fabrication and assembly
US6839408B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG21K1/025
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A grid, for use with electromagnetic energy emitting devices, includes at least metal layer, which is formed, for example, by electroplating. The metal layer includes top and bottom surfaces, and a plurality of solid integrated walls. Each of the solid integrated walls extends from the top to bottom surface and having a plurality of side surfaces. The side surfaces of the solid integrated walls are arranged to define a plurality of openings extending entirely through the layer. At least some of the walls also can include projections extending into the respective openings formed by the walls. The projections can be of various shapes and sizes, and are arranged so that a total amount of wall material intersected by a line propagating in a direction along an edge of the grid is substantially the same as another total amount of wall material intersected by another line propagating in another direction substantially parallel to the edge of the grid at any distance from the edge.
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