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Cathode shield

Granted 16 Dec 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: Amber R Stiles · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/873,755
filed 6 Apr 2023
Publication
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US D1106071
granted 16 Dec 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top-front-left perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top-front-left perspective view of a cathode shield according to the claimed design.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the cathode shield of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the cathode shield of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the cathode shield of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the cathode shield of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a top view of the cathode shield of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the cathode shield of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the cathode shield of FIG. 1 along line 8 - 8 in FIG. 6 .

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the cathode shield of FIG. 1 along line 9 - 9 in FIG. 6 ; and,

FIG. 10 is a top-front-left perspective view of the cathode shield of FIG. 1 in a use environment showing an X-ray tube and cathode.

The dash-dash broken lines in the drawings illustrate environmental matter and portions of the cathode shield that form no part of the claimed design.

The dash-dot-dot sectional broken lines in FIG. 6 of the drawings form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/158D13/181

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