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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2005
Wayne Frederick Block, Sussex, WI (US);
Edward Emaci, Brookfield, WI (US);
Sergio Lemaitre, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Ron Kent Hockersmith, Waukesha, WI (US);
Wayne Frederick Block, Sussex, WI (US);
Edward Emaci, Brookfield, WI (US);
Sergio Lemaitre, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Ron Kent Hockersmith, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An x-ray tube assembly is provided comprising a tube casing assembly including a plurality of vertical mount posts. An insulator plate is mounted to the plurality of vertical mount posts such that the insulator plate can translate vertically on the posts. A cathode assembly is mounted to the insulator plate and generates both an eccentric moment and a vertical expansion in response to a cathode power load. A semi-compressible element is positioned between at least one of the vertical mount posts and the insulator plate. The semi-compressible element becomes incompressible at a cathode power threshold such that the vertical expansion is translated into a correction moment countering the eccentric moment.