US 12,387,899 B2
Pebble bed beam converter
Melissa Daniels, Sun Prairie, WI (US); Bryant Mueller, Madison, WI (US); and Richard Sisson, Beloit, WI (US)
Assigned to Northstar Medical Technologies LLC, Beloit, WI (US)
Filed by Northstar Medical Technologies, LLC, Beloit, WI (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,967.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/398,107, filed on Aug. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0055214 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H01J 35/12 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 35/12 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A converter for an electron beam comprising:
a plurality of spherical beads disposed in a coolant fluid within the converter,
wherein the converter is configured to accept the electron beam from a first side and to generate photons out a second side opposite from the first side.