High flux X-ray target and assembly

US7852988B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Manoharan Venugopal · Bengaluru, IN
• Anandraj Sengupta · Savanuru, IN
• Mandyam Rangayan Sridhar · Savanuru, IN
• Maheshwara Murthy · Bengaluru, IN
• Rammohan Rao Kalluri · Munich, DE
• Thangavelu Asokan · Bengaluru, IN
• Ramasamy Anbarasu · Savanuru, IN
• Pramod Kumar Pandey · Savanuru, IN
• Clarence L. Gordon, III · Renton, US
• Mark Alan Frontera · Ballston Lake, US
• Sunil Srinivasa Murthy · Chennai, IN
• Debasish Mishra · Bengaluru, IN
• Manoj Kumar Koyithitta Meethal · Annur, IN
• Munishwar Ahuja · Bengaluru, IN
• Hombe Gowda · Savanuru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2008
• Grant date: Dec 14, 2010
• Expiry date: Aug 9, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01J2235/167
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An X-ray tube anode assembly and an X-ray tube assembly are disclosed that include an X-ray target and a drive assembly configured to provide an oscillatory motion to the X-ray target. The drive assembly is configured to provide an oscillatory motion to the target assembly.