High power X-ray tube housing

US9648710B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VAREX IMAGING CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• David Craig Smith · Lake Oswego, US
• Gregory C. Andrews · West Jordan, US
• Owen D. Brimhall · South Jordan, US
• Anson Cole Chamberlain · American Fork, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2014
• Grant date: May 9, 2017
• Expiry date: May 5, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01J2235/125
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An x-ray housing can include: a finned housing member having a tubular body with an external fin array on a finned external surface and an internal fin array on a finned internal surface, the finned internal surface defining a finned housing lumen, the internal fin array and external fin array cooperatively forming a heat exchanger; and an apertured housing member having a tubular body with an x-ray window aperture extending therethrough from an external surface to an internal surface, the internal surface defining an apertured housing lumen, the finned housing member having an annular end integrally coupled with an annular end of the apertured housing member to form a tubular x-ray housing having an x-ray housing lumen.