ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,706, issued on March 4, was assigned to FSK Co. Ltd. (Gimpo-si, South Korea).
"High-voltage X-ray tank with miniaturized shielding structure" was invented by Ju Seon Youn (Seoul, South Korea), Ha Yeon Youn (Seoul, South Korea) and Ronald Viola (Pittsford, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a high-voltage X-ray tank with a miniaturized shielding structure which includes an X-ray shielding part having a cylindrical structure in which an X-ray tube for radiating X-rays is accommodated and an X-ray radiation port is formed in one side surface thereof, a main block body having a box-shaped structure in which the X-ray shield...