US 11,756,760 B2
X-ray tube having an insulation body with a potted body
Torben Schulz, Buechen (DE); Karl Hans, Lueneberg (DE); Jenss Schmidt-May, Wrist (DE); and Moritz Schlie, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to incoatec GmbH, Geesthacht (DE)
Filed by incoatec GmbH, Geesthacht (DE)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,399.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 209 350.7 (DE), filed on Aug. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0062446 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01J 35/12 (2006.01); H01J 35/16 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 35/13 (2019.05) [H01J 35/16 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An X-ray tube, comprising:
a cathode housing having an X-ray radiation exit window, a cooled anode, a cathode, an insulation body configured for electrical insulation of a high-voltage potential of the anode, a supply line configured for coolant to the anode, and a discharge line configured for coolant from the anode;
the supply line and the discharge line respectively comprising a plurality of turns in the insulation body;
wherein the insulation body comprises a ceramic body and a potted body;
the anode and the cathode housing being fastened on the ceramic body and the potted body being fastened on the ceramic body;
wherein the potted body comprises an inner mold and, at least temporarily during the production of the X-ray tube, an outer mold;
wherein the supply line and the discharge line are respectively configured with a hose, which forms the plurality of turns, in a potting space between the outer mold and the inner mold;
wherein at least one plastic directing body, by which the hoses are aligned in the potting space, is arranged in the potting space, wherein the turns of the hoses are respectively separated from the outer mold and the inner mold; and
wherein the potting space is filled with a plastic potting compound in a cured state, wherein the intermediate spaces between the turns on the one hand and the outer mold and the inner mold on the other hand are occupied by the plastic of the at least one directing body and/or the plastic of the potting compound.