Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for reducing relative bearing shaft deflection in an X-ray tube
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Application No.: US15251854Application Date: 2016-08-30
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Publication No.: US10283312B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: John James McCabe , Michael Scott Hebert , Ian Strider Hunt , Andrew Thomas Triscari , Kevin Shane Kruse , Alexander Thomas Ryan , Adolfo Delgado Marquez
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- Main IPC: H01J35/10
- IPC: H01J35/10

Abstract:
An X-ray tube is provided. The X-ray tube includes a bearing configured to couple to an anode. The bearing includes a stationary member, a rotary member configured to rotate with respect to the stationary member during operation of the X-ray tube, and a support feature configured to minimize bending moment along a surface of the stationary member to reduce deflection of the stationary member relative to the rotary member due to radial loads during operation of the X-ray tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180061611A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING RELATIVE BEARING SHAFT DEFLECTION IN AN X-RAY TUBE Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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