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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:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lester D. Miller, Hudson, OH (US);
Allan D. Kautz, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Picker International, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/520 ;
Abstract
An evacuated tube (,) includes an envelope (,) and an electrode (,) in the tube envelope (,). The electrode (,) is electrically connected to conductors (,) that extend through the tube envelope (,). A getter (,) is included in the tube envelope (,) and is electrically connected to the conductors (,) extending through the tube envelope (,). Diodes (,) are connected to the electrode (,) and the getter (,) for selectively providing electrical energy through the conductors (,) extending through the tube envelope (,) to one of the electrode (,) and the getter (,).