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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:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Viswanathan Jambunathan, Latham, NY (US);
Vivek Bhatt, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Mark Ernest Vermilyea, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bijan Dorri, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/510 ;
Abstract
An X-ray-tube target assembly includes an annular monolithic X-ray-tube target shaft and a monolithic X-ray-tube target cap. The target shaft is a stepped target shaft. The target cap is inertially welded to the target shaft. The target assembly is made by inertially welding together a monolithic solid cylinder and a monolithic solid X-ray-tube target cap and then machining the target shaft to be annular and to have the step.