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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Edwin L. Legall, Menomenee Falls, WI (US);
Mark Alan Frontera, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Walter John Smith, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Inventors:
Edwin L. Legall, Menomenee Falls, WI (US);
Mark Alan Frontera, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Walter John Smith, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An x-ray tube includes a rotatable shaft having a first end and a second end, a target coupled to the first end of the rotatable shaft, the target positioned to generate x-rays toward a subject upon impingement of electrons thereon, and an impeller coupled to the second end of the rotatable shaft and positioned to blow a gas into an inlet of an aperture passing into the rotatable shaft.