US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on July 14 for "X-ray generation device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,110, issued on July 14, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"X-ray generation device" was invented by Naonobu Suzuki (Hamamatsu, Japan), Atsushi Ishii (Hamamatsu, Japan), Ryosuke Yabushita (Hamamatsu, Japan), Akimichi Shimizu (Hamamatsu, Japan), Naofumi Kosugi (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Ginji Sugiura (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray generation device includes an X-ray tube, and an electron beam adjustment part. The X-ray tube includes a housing, an electron gun, a target, and a window member. When a first defect exists in the target, the electron beam adjustment part adjusts an electron b...