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Apparatus for attaching a drive system and a stand to a ring in a medicine gantry

US8667655B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael Campbell · South Elgin, US
Jeff Scribner · Glen Ellyn, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 12, 2012
Grant date	Mar 11, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/32
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for securing a drive system to a ring in a medical imaging gantry, the ring defining a central longitudinal axis. The apparatus includes a ring having an outer race and an inner race rotatively mounted within the outer race, the inner race defining inner race teeth about a portion of its circumference, The apparatus also includes a drive system having a drive gear, defining drive gear teeth that are engaged with the inner race teeth, and defining tooth clearance there between. A mounting assembly is also included having at least one mounting bar rigidly attached to the outer race outer facing surface, the mounting bar including a transverse face being substantially perpendicular to the ring outer race circumference, at least one mounting plate secured to the drive system and transverse face of the at least one mounting bar.

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