US Patent Issued to Varex Imaging on March 31 for "Modular getters and getters with different materials in vacuum enclosures" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,354, issued on March 31, was assigned to Varex Imaging Corp. (Salt Lake City).

"Modular getters and getters with different materials in vacuum enclosures" was invented by Dave Kirkham (South Jordan, Utah), Amber McMullin (Provo, Utah), Vance Scott Robinson (South Jordan, Utah) and Jake Riggle (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments include an apparatus, comprising: a vacuum enclosure including an opening; a support structure disposed in the vacuum enclosure, the support structure comprising: a first portion attached to the vacuum enclosure at the opening; and a second portion extending within the vacuum encl...