Patent ID: 6095684
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H05G

Abstract:
A support assembly for an X-ray tube frame, comprising:(a) a support structure defining an interior chamber and having an interior surface surrounding and spaced radially outwardly from an X-ray tube frame disposed within said interior chamber;(b) a quantity of cooling fluid contained in said interior chamber of said support structure about the X-ray tube frame; and(c) a plurality of contact elements spaced from one another and mounted to said support structure so as to protrude inwardly from said interior surface across said interior chamber of said support structure and through said quantity of fluid therein toward the X-ray tube frame such that said contact elements contact and hold the X-ray tube frame therebetween, at least one of said contact elements including a body defining a hollow interior cavity and having at least one aperture through said body to allow passage of said cooling fluid into and from said interior cavity of said body for providing a passive damping of vibrational movement of the X-ray tube frame.