General Electric Company

Doug Snyder

Carey Shawn Rogers

Madhusudhana Subraya

Krystyna Truszkowska

Manohar Gopalaswamy Kollegal

An x-ray tube window cooling assembly () for an x-ray tube () includes an electron collector body (). The electron collector body () is thermally coupled to an x-ray tube window (). The electron collector body () may include a coolant circuit () with a coolant inlet () and a coolant outlet (). One or more thermal exchange devices may be coupled to the x-ray tube window () or to the coolant circuit () and reduce temperature of the x-ray tube window ().

X-ray tube window and surrounding enclosure cooling apparatuses

An x-ray tube window cooling assembly () for an x-ray tube () includes an electron collector body (). The electron collector body () is thermally coupled to an x-ray tube window (). The electron collector body () includes a coolant circuit () with a coolant inlet () and a coolant outlet (). Multiple thermal exchange devices are coupled to the coolant circuit () and reduce temperature of a coolant passing through the exchange devices.

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Carmel, IN, United States of America

Doug Snyder