Patent ID: 7722375

Claim:
A magnetic resonance apparatus patient bed comprising: a bed platform adapted to receive an examination subject thereon; a local coil adapted for placement on the examination subject on the patient bed, said local coil being configured to radiate radio-frequency energy into, or to detect magnetic resonance signals emanating from, the examination subject on the patient bed; a first circuit board having an electrical connection to said local coil; a first ceramic element having an electrical connection to said first circuit board and having a first capacitive coupling element therein; a second ceramic element spaced from said first ceramic element and carried by said patient bed, said second ceramic element having a second capacitive coupling element therein; a second circuit board mounted on said patient bed having an electrical connection to said second ceramic element; and said first and second capacitive coupling elements forming a capacitive coupling path through which said RF energy is transmitted from said first circuit board to said second circuit board or through which said detected magnetic resonance signals are transmitted from said first circuit board to said second circuit board.