Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Mitsuo Iwase

Hironori Nakamuta

Hitoshi Hattori

Koichi Kitade

Yasuo Yoshii

Harunobu Fukushima

In a rotary anode type X-ray tube, a rotary anode and a rotary structure supporting the anode are arranged within the vacuum envelope. A stationary shaft has a middle section which is fitted into a cylindrical portion of the rotary structure, and a dynamic pressure type radial bearing is arranged between the cylindrical portion and the middle section. The stationary shaft also has a first section between one end of the middle section and one end of the stationary shaft, and a second section between the other end of the middle section and the other end of the stationary shaft, which are fixed to the vacuum envelope. A transverse stiffness of the second section is set to be larger than a transverse stiffness of the first section, and a center of gravity is positioned in the middle section.

Rotary anode type X-ray tube

Disclosed is a rotary anode type X-ray tube comprising an anode target emitting an X-ray, a rotating mechanism for rotatably supporting the anode target, the rotating mechanism including an inside rotor and a stator, bearings being arranged between the inside rotor and the stator, and a vacuum envelope housing the anode target and the rotating mechanism. Dynamic slide bearings each using a liquid metal lubricant and ball bearings are used as the bearings arranged between the inside rotor and the stator.

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Nasu-gun, Japan

Mitsuo Iwase