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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:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher F. Artig, Summit Park, UT (US);
Deborah L. Salmon, Holladay, UT (US);
Assignee:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/516 ;
Abstract
“An x-ray device component is provided that includes a substrate material upon which is deposited a bond layer, comprising a material such as copper or copper alloy, that acts to secure a powder metal shield material, comprising tungsten and iron, to the x-ray device component. The bond layer and the powder metal shield material possess thermal characteristics compatible with those of the substrate material and the powder metal shield material acts to control radiation emissions from the x-ray device.”