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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allan W. Scott, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gary E. Haddox, Sacramento, CA (US);
Philip M. Lally, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yehuda Goren, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/510 ;
Abstract
A cooling apparatus and method for cooling a structure using boiling fluid acted upon by centrifugal force. The cooling apparatus has an actuator with a shaft, a heat transfer member with a heat transfer surface and a fluid passageway connected to the shaft and in thermal communication with the structure. The cooling apparatus can be used to cool the anode of an x-ray tube.