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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2006
Krishnamurhty Anand, Bangalore, IN;
Dennis Michael Gray, Delanson, NY (US);
Pazhayannur R. Subramanian, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Srinidhi Sampath, Bangalore, IN;
Carey Shawn Rogers, Brookfield, WI (US);
Steven Alfred Tysoe, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Richard Arthur Nardi, Scotia, NY (US);
Krishnamurhty Anand, Bangalore, IN;
Dennis Michael Gray, Delanson, NY (US);
Pazhayannur R. Subramanian, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Srinidhi Sampath, Bangalore, IN;
Carey Shawn Rogers, Brookfield, WI (US);
Steven Alfred Tysoe, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Richard Arthur Nardi, Scotia, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A bearing assembly mounted in an x-ray tube includes a bearing race and a bearing ball positioned adjacent to the bearing race. A coating is deposited on one of the bearing race and the bearing ball includes a lubricant and a hard material having a hardness greater than a base material of the bearing race and a base material of the bearing ball.