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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2024
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Waukesha, WI (US);
Xiaoxu Liu, Hartland, WI (US);
Tao Hou, Brookfield, WI (US);
David Pitterle, Waukesha, WI (US);
Yoshio Takaichi, Brookfield, WI (US);
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A smart power system and method to protect an X-ray tube of a CT imaging system during a power outage, the system and method comprising monitoring a remining amount of power from a backup power source supplied by an UPS coupled to a PDU that is providing power to the CT imaging system. The X-ray tube having a liquid metal bearing rotating assembly. The system and method automatically strategizing and determining where to supply the remaining amount of backup power to prevent a hot landing of the X-ray tube liquid metal bearing rotating assembly.