ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,677, issued on July 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Structural body, X-ray generation apparatus, X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus, and manufacturing method for manufacturing heat dissipation portion" was invented by Haruka Sasaki (Tokyo), Yasuyuki Suzuki (Tokyo) and Kosuke Kurachi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to providing a structural body in which the heat dissipation property is improved. A structural body heated to 700deg C. or more includes a heat dissipation portion configured to dissipate heat of the structural body, wherein, on a surface of the heat dissipat...