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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2010
Carey Shawn Rogers, Brookfield, WI (US);
Richard Michael Roffers, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Edwin L. Legall, Menomenee Falls, WI (US);
Ron Kent Hockersmith, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ethan Westcot, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Kenwood Dayton, Mequon, WI (US);
Carey Shawn Rogers, Brookfield, WI (US);
Richard Michael Roffers, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Edwin L. Legall, Menomenee Falls, WI (US);
Ron Kent Hockersmith, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ethan Westcot, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Kenwood Dayton, Mequon, WI (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A tube for generating x-rays includes a cathode adapted to emit electrons, a target positioned to receive the electrons from the cathode on a surface thereof, an anode adapted with an aperture and positioned between the cathode and the target and configured to accelerate the electrons toward the target, and a rotating system adapted to rotate the target about an axis, the rotating system located in a position facing the surface of the target.