Patents by Inventor Peter Wehrle

Peter Wehrle 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).

  • Multicathode X-ray tube
    Patent number: 8295441
    Abstract: An improved x-ray tube that includes a plurality of cathodes in a region under vacuum is provided. Several wirelessly activatable elements, which are each assigned to a cathode or a group of cathodes, are arranged in the region under vacuum and make an electrically conducting connection of the cathode or the group of cathodes to a cathode control voltage line when receiving a control signal from outside of the region under vacuum. A system that includes the improved x-ray tube and several transmitter elements for the wireless activation of the wirelessly activatable elements is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Beyerlein, Andreas Böhme, Markus Hemmerlein, Oliver Heuermann, Jürgen Oelschlegel, Peter Wehrle
  • MULTICATHODE X-RAY TUBE
    Publication number: 20100226479
    Abstract: An improved x-ray tube that includes a plurality of cathodes in a region under vacuum is provided. Several wirelessly activatable elements, which are each assigned to a cathode or a group of cathodes, are arranged in the region under vacuum and make an electrically conducting connection of the cathode or the group of cathodes to a cathode control voltage line when receiving a control signal from outside of the region under vacuum. A system that includes the improved x-ray tube and several transmitter elements for the wireless activation of the wirelessly activatable elements is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Walter Beyerlein, Andreas Böhme, Markus Hemmerlein, Oliver Heuermann, Jürgen Oelschlegel, Peter Wehrle