Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mammography apparatus
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Application No.: US14735521Application Date: 2015-06-10
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Publication No.: US09724065B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Yong Ho So , Dae Soo Kim , Young Jun Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2014-0158853 20141114
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/10 ; A61B6/04

Abstract:
Provided is a mammography apparatus that prevents a main body from falling due to damage to a coupling connecting a ball screw, to which the main body is connected, and a motor. The mammography apparatus includes: a main body having an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector; a ball screw to which the main body is connected so as to be movable up and down; a motor rotating the ball screw so as to allow the main body to move up and down; a coupling connecting a drive shaft of the motor and the ball screw; and a brake provided at one side of the coupling. When the coupling is ruptured, the brake prevents ruptured coupling portions from being separately rotated in order to prevent a fall of the main body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160135771A1 MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-05-19
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