US Patent Issued to SHIMADZU on July 14 for "X-ray fluorescence spectrometer and power supply apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,678, issued on July 14, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"X-ray fluorescence spectrometer and power supply apparatus" was invented by Yohei Ukai (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray fluorescence spectrometer includes a first power supply that applies a tube voltage and a second power supply that supplies a filament current. The first power supply includes a switching circuit connected to a primary side of a transformer. The X-ray fluorescence spectrometer includes a current detection circuit connected to the primary side of the transformer to detect a current that flows to the primary side of the transf...