US Patent Issued to MINEBEA MITSUMI on April 8 for "Rotary anode bearing assembly and rotary anode for X-ray tube and method for assembling a rotary anode bearing assembly" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,516, issued on April 8, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI INC. (Nagano, Japan).

"Rotary anode bearing assembly and rotary anode for X-ray tube and method for assembling a rotary anode bearing assembly" was invented by Florian Weber (Leutkirch, Germany), Peter Andreas Muller (Leutkirch, Germany) and Alfred Sipple (Leutkirch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates, inter alia, to a rotary anode bearing assembly for an X-ray tube comprising at least one bearing outer ring and rolling elements arranged within the at least one bearing outer ring, which rolling elements roll on the at least one bearing outer ring and e...