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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Moxtek, Inc., Orem, UT (US);
Inventor:
Todd S. Parker, Kaysville, UT (US);
Assignee:
Moxtek, Inc., Orem, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/00 (2006.01); H01J 35/24 (2006.01); H01J 35/10 (2006.01); H01J 35/14 (2006.01); H01J 35/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/24 (2013.01); H01J 35/10 (2013.01); H01J 35/14 (2013.01); H01J 35/28 (2013.01); H01J 2235/086 (2013.01); H01J 2235/087 (2013.01); H01J 2235/186 (2013.01);
Abstract
A x-ray tube comprising an anode sealed to a flexible coupling. The flexible coupling can allow the anode to deflect or tilt in various directions to allow an electron beam to impinge upon various selected regions of an anode target. A method of utilizing different regions of an x-ray tube target by tilting or deflecting an x-ray tube anode to cause an electron beam to impinge on a selected region of the target.