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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. 28, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2003
Applicant:
Charles B. Kendall, Brookfield, WI (US);
Inventor:
Charles B. Kendall, Brookfield, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schnectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An energy-absorbing device () for an imaging tube () includes an energy-absorbing body (). The energy-absorbing body () is fluidically coupled to a housing () of the imaging tube () and absorbs the kinetic energy generated within the imaging tube (). The kinetic energy may be generated from the separation of material fragments from a rotating target () within the housing ().