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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2004
Ian Radley, Glenmont, NY (US);
Thomas J. Bievenue, Delmar, NY (US);
John H. Burdett, Jr., Charlton, NY (US);
Brian W. Gallagher, Guilderland, NY (US);
Stuart M. Shakshober, Hudson, NY (US);
Zewu Chen, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ian Radley, Glenmont, NY (US);
Thomas J. Bievenue, Delmar, NY (US);
John H. Burdett, Jr., Charlton, NY (US);
Brian W. Gallagher, Guilderland, NY (US);
Stuart M. Shakshober, Hudson, NY (US);
Zewu Chen, Schenectady, NY (US);
X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc., East Greenbush, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and device for cooling and electrically-insulating a high-voltage, heat-generating component, for example, an x-ray tube () for analyzing fluids by means of x-ray fluorescence. The device includes an x-ray source () including an x-ray tube () having improved heat-dissipating properties due to the thermal coupling of the x-ray tube with a thermally-conductive, dielectric material (). The device may include a base assembly () mounted to the component for conducting heat away from the component while electrically isolating the component. In one aspect of the invention, the base assembly includes two copper plates () separated by a dielectric plate (). The dielectric plate minimizes or prevents the leakage of current through the base assembly (). One aspect of the disclosed invention is most amenable to the analysis of sulfur in petroleum-based fuels.