ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,135, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CANON ELECTRON TUBES & DEVICES Co. LTD. (Otawara, Japan).
"X-ray tube" was invented by Toshimi Watanabe (Yaita, Japan) and Junki Sone (Nasushiobara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, an X-ray tube includes a vacuum enclosure in which an output window which transmits X-rays is formed, an anode target provided in the vacuum enclosure so as to oppose the output window, a cathode filament provided in the vacuum enclosure, that emits electrons to be irradiated onto the anode target, a power feed section to which a high voltage cable is connected, and an insulating por...