ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,894, issued on May 6, was assigned to Moxtek Inc. (Orem, Utah).
"X-ray source shielding" was invented by Kasey Otho Greenland (South Jordan, Utah) and Todd S. Parker (Kaysville, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As an x-ray tube expands and contracts during heating and cooling, its hermetic seal can be damaged. A more robust hermetic seal, particularly as the x-ray tube is heated and cooled, is desirable. The x-ray tube described herein can include a proximal-housing 13 and a distal-housing 14, which can be connected to each other by an interface-ring 15 for improved hermetic seal. Added x-ray tube weight, of material used for bloc...