ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,142, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Plansee SE (Reutte, Austria).
"Rotor component for a rotary X-ray anode" was invented by Christian Bienert (Reutte, Austria), Michael O'Sullivan (Reutte, Austria), Bernhard Lang (Reutte, Austria) and Dietmar Sprenger (Reutte, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor component for a rotary x-ray anode has a carrier body and a spray coating. The carrier body is made from one of the following materials a refractory metal, a refractory metal-based alloy, iron, an iron-based alloy or combinations thereof, and the spray coating contains copper or a copper-based alloy. The carrier body is materi...