Patent ID: 11864301
Assignee: MOXTEK, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A method of making a housing for an x-ray source, the method comprising:
step 1: (a) inserting an upper-mold into a hollow-region of a lower-mold, forming a power supply casing cavity between the upper-mold and the lower-mold, and (b) inserting a pin into a hole at a sidewall of the hollow-region, forming an x-ray tube casing cavity between the pin and walls of the hole;
step 2: injecting material for the housing into the power supply casing cavity and the x-ray tube casing cavity, and allowing the material for the housing to solidify into a housing for an x-ray source, the housing including a power supply casing formed in the power supply casing cavity and an x-ray tube casing formed in the x-ray tube casing cavity;
step 3: removing the upper-mold from the hollow-region of the lower-mold and removing the pin from the hole; and
step 4: removing the housing from the lower-mold.