Patents by Inventor Stephan Sons

Stephan Sons 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).

  • X-ray emitter
    Patent number: 10176962
    Abstract: An X-ray emitter has an X-ray tube which contains a vacuum envelope in which an emitter and an anode are disposed. The emitter can be heated by an external flat emitter filament supply. Accordingly the emitter is configured as a filament emitter and an interface circuit is arranged between the filament emitter and the flat emitter filament supply. In this manner, a flat-emitter-based X-ray emitter can be replaced by a filament-emitter-based X-ray emitter in an X-ray emitter system without any configuration changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Setzer, Stephan Sons
  • X-ray tube assembly
    Patent number: 9848483
    Abstract: An x-ray tube assembly includes an x-ray tube with a vacuum envelope in which an emitter and an anode are arranged. The emitter is configured to be heated by an external coil emitter heating current supply. The emitter is configured as a flat emitter and an adaptation circuit is arranged between the flat emitter and the coil emitter heating current supply. A coil-emitter-based x-ray tube assembly may be replaced by a flat emitter-based x-ray tube assembly without constructional changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Setzer, Stephan Sons
  • X-RAY EMITTER
    Publication number: 20170053769
    Abstract: An X-ray emitter has an X-ray tube which contains a vacuum envelope in which an emitter and an anode are disposed. The emitter can be heated by an external flat emitter filament supply. Accordingly the emitter is configured as a filament emitter and an interface circuit is arranged between the filament emitter and the flat emitter filament supply. In this manner, a flat-emitter-based X-ray emitter can be replaced by a filament-emitter-based X-ray emitter in an X-ray emitter system without any configuration changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: STEFAN SETZER, STEPHAN SONS
  • X-Ray Tube Assembly
    Publication number: 20150163890
    Abstract: An x-ray tube assembly includes an x-ray tube with a vacuum envelope in which an emitter and an anode are arranged. The emitter is configured to be heated by an external coil emitter heating current supply. The emitter is configured as a flat emitter and an adaptation circuit is arranged between the flat emitter and the coil emitter heating current supply. A coil-emitter-based x-ray tube assembly may be replaced by a flat emitter-based x-ray tube assembly without constructional changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan Setzer, Stephan Sons