ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,736, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Moxtek Inc. (Orem, Utah).
"Wagon wheel shaped x-ray window support structure" was invented by Ghazaleh Allaedini (Orem, Utah) and Michael Zappe (Lehi, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An x-ray window 60 or 70 can include a thin film 61 sealed to a support structure 10. The support structure 10 can include an outer ring 11 encircling an outer ring aperture 15, an inner ring 12 encircling an inner aperture, and multiple spokes 13. The inner ring 12 can be located in the outer ring aperture 15. The inner ring 12 can be attached to the outer ring 11 by the multiple spokes 13. The support structu...