Enhanced thermal transfer nozzle and system
AssigneeVarex Imaging Corporation
InventorsKasey Otho Greenland, Ronald Wayne Boutte, Patrick Kevin Lewis
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Abstract
Some embodiments include an x-ray system, comprising: a structure having a hole having an axially extending wall; and a nozzle disposed in the hole; wherein the nozzle and the axially extending wall form a plurality of axially extending helical fluid channels. Some embodiments include an x-ray system formed by shaping tubing to form a plurality of axially extending helical flutes; and forming a plurality of axially extending helical fluid channels by inserting the shaped tubing into a hole in a structure.
Claims16
An x-ray system, comprising:
- a structure having a hole having an axially extending wall;
- and
- a nozzle disposed in the hole, comprising:
- a cylindrical center portion;
- and
- a plurality of flutes extending radially outward from the cylindrical center portion;
- wherein:
- the nozzle and the axially extending wall form a plurality of axially extending helical fluid channels;
- and
- the flutes comprise an opening extending radially outward from and contiguous with a hollow portion of the cylindrical center portion.
An x-ray system formed by a process comprising:
- providing tubing;
- shaping the tubing to form a plurality of axially extending helical flutes, comprising passing the tubing through a die rotating relative to the tubing around a major axis of the tubing;
- providing a structure of the x-ray system including a hole;
- and
- forming a plurality of axially extending helical fluid channels by inserting the shaped tubing into the hole in the structure of the x-ray system.
An x-ray system, comprising:
- means for receiving a cooling fluid;
- means for supporting a portion of a bearing assembly;
- and
- means for dividing the cooling fluid into a plurality of axially extending helical streams within the means for supporting the portion of the bearing assembly, comprising:
- a cylindrical center portion;
- and
- a plurality of flutes extending radially outward from the cylindrical center portion;
- wherein the flutes comprise an opening extending radially outward from and contiguous with a hollow portion of the cylindrical center portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.