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Cathode shield

Granted 2 Sep 2025 · no office action yet

Current assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC · originally General Electric

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Inventors: Kevin S. Kruse, Sergio Lemaitre · Examiner: Justin M Jonaitis · AU 2936 · TC 2900

Application
29/873,757
filed 6 Apr 2023
Publication
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US D1091824
granted 2 Sep 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a cathode shield according to the claimed design, with a portion of an X-ray tube shown in environment.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the cathode shield, with the portion of the X-ray tube shown in environment.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the cathode shield, with the portion of the X-ray tube shown in environment.

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the cathode shield, with the portion of the X-ray tube shown in environment.

FIG. 5 is a top view of the cathode shield, with the portion of the X-ray tube shown in environment.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the cathode shield, with the portion of the X-ray tube shown in environment.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the cathode shield.

FIG. 8 is a top-front-left perspective view of the cathode shield, with a cathode and the portion of the X-ray tube shown in environment.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the cathode shield and the portion of the X-ray tube shown in environment, taken along line 9 - 9 in FIG. 5 ; and,

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the cathode shield and the portion of the X-ray tube shown in environment, taken along line 10 - 10 in FIG. 5 .

The dash-dash broken lines in the drawings showing the cathode and the portion of the X-ray tube illustrate environmental matter that forms no part of the claimed design.

The dash-dot-dot sectional broken lines in FIG. 5 of the drawings form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/158

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Examiner
Justin M Jonaitis
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