Patents by Inventor Ryan Mitchell Damm

Ryan Mitchell Damm has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for ultra high vacuum thermal expansion compensation and method of constructing same
    Patent number: 9305739
    Abstract: An x-ray tube includes a frame forming a first portion of a vacuum enclosure, a rotating subsystem shaft positioned within the vacuum enclosure and having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the rotating subsystem shaft is attached to a first portion of the frame, a target positioned within the vacuum enclosure and attached to the rotating subsystem shaft between the first end and the second end, the target positioned to receive electrons from an electron source positioned within the vacuum enclosure, and a thermal compensator mechanically coupled to the second end of the rotating subsystem shaft and to a second portion of the frame, the thermal compensator forming a second portion of the vacuum enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Edwin L. Legall, Ryan Mitchell Damm
  • APPARATUS FOR ULTRA HIGH VACUUM THERMAL EXPANSION COMPENSATION AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING SAME
    Publication number: 20140105365
    Abstract: An x-ray tube includes a frame forming a first portion of a vacuum enclosure, a rotating subsystem shaft positioned within the vacuum enclosure and having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the rotating subsystem shaft is attached to a first portion of the frame, a target positioned within the vacuum enclosure and attached to the rotating subsystem shaft between the first end and the second end, the target positioned to receive electrons from an electron source positioned within the vacuum enclosure, and a thermal compensator mechanically coupled to the second end of the rotating subsystem shaft and to a second portion of the frame, the thermal compensator forming a second portion of the vacuum enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edwin L. Legall, Ryan Mitchell Damm