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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jason Stuart Katcha, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ezana T. Mekonnen, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); H02P 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/56 (2013.01); A61B 6/03 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); A61B 6/035 (2013.01); H02P 3/14 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01);
Abstract
A CT system includes a gantry having a rotatable base and having an opening for receiving an object to be scanned, and an AC-to-DC converter coupleable to a 3-phase AC facility power, and coupled through a DC bus to a gantry motor to rotationally drive the rotatable base using DC power from the AC-to-DC converter. Rotational energy in the rotatable base is converted to DC electrical energy in the gantry motor during gantry braking, and provided to the DC bus.