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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2019
Applicant:
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Inventors:
Yanju Wang, Hartland, WI (US);
Jimmie Autrey Beacham, West Allis, WI (US);
Chad Allan Smith, Franklin, WI (US);
Paul Michael Wervey, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Assignee:
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/364 (2017.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29K 505/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/364 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B29K 2505/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for manufacturing a radiation shielding component of an imaging apparatus. In one embodiment, the radiation shielding component may be manufactured by infiltrating metal particles with a binder solution and then curing the binder solution impregnated with the metal particles. In another embodiment, the radiation shielding component may be printed with metal powder, infiltrated with a binding agent, and then cured to polymerize the binding agent.