US Patent Issued to CANON ANELVA on Aug. 4 for "X-ray generation apparatus and X-ray imaging apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,647, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to CANON ANELVA Corp. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"X-ray generation apparatus and X-ray imaging apparatus" was invented by Hisashi Watanabe (Tokyo), Atsuhiro Kuwajima (Nagano, Japan) and Takeo Tsukamoto (Nigata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "X-ray generation apparatus includes X-ray generation tube having insulating tube with first and second opening ends, cathode closing the first opening end and having electron emitting portion, and anode closing the second opening end and having target; driving circuit for driving the X-ray generation tube; and accommodating container accommodating the X-ray genera...