US 12,285,906 B2
Systems and methods for controlling thermal conduction in X-ray tube cathodes
Kevin Kruse, Muskego, WI (US); and Thomas Murray, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/839,753.
Application 17/839,753 is a division of application No. 16/775,145, filed on Jan. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,380,509.
Prior Publication US 2022/0310350 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H01J 35/06 (2006.01); B29C 64/10 (2017.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/10 (2017.08) [B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); H01J 35/064 (2019.05); H01J 35/066 (2019.05); H01J 2235/1212 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a component of a cathode assembly of an X-ray tube, comprising:
obtaining, via a processor, a file of a three-dimensional (3D) model of the component including an internal porous section or sections of the component;
obtaining, via the processor, a plurality of slices including a first slice using the file of the three-dimensional (3D) model of the component;
printing, via a printing device, the first slice of the three-dimensional (3D) model onto a base build plate;
sequentially printing, via the printing device, the plurality of slices on top of the first slice; and
drying and/or curing the component of the cathode assembly.