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US 7,065,178 B2Granted
Rotating anode x-ray tube
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsNone recorded
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Abstract
A rotating anode x-ray tube has a rotating anode contained in a vacuum-sealed housing with a compartment for a cathode projecting from a cover of the housing opposite the rotating anode. To improve the durability, a transition part connecting the compartment with the cover has high-temperature stability that is greater than that of the cover or of the compartment.
Claims13
A rotating anode x-ray tube comprising:
- a vacuum-sealed housing having a housing body, a cover closing said housing body, and a compartment connected to said cover by a transition part, wherein said housing body, said cover, said compartment, and said transition part are separate parts connected together to form said vacuum-sealed housing;
- said cover being composed of cover material having a high-temperature stability and said compartment being composed of compartment material having a high-temperature stability, and said transition part consisting of transition part material having a high-temperature stability greater than the high-temperature stability of said cover material and the high-temperature stability of said compartment material;
- an anode rotatably mounted in said housing body;
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- a cathode stationarily mounted in said compartment.
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