X-RAY GENERATOR DEVICE
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Abstract
An x-ray generator device includes a housing at least partially holding a specific fluid pressure, with an arm positioned to be able to strike a strike plate within the housing. The housing contains an x-ray window. The arm is magnetically actuated in at least one direction by a magnetic field generator outside of the housing. A striking portion of the lever arm and/or the strike plate may be a polymeric material with embedded metal or metal alloys.
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30 Claims
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1-20. -20. (canceled)
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21. A device, comprising:
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a chamber at least partially evacuated of gases; a spring leaf with at least one end within the chamber, at least a portion of the spring leaf within the chamber forming a striker, the spring leaf coupled to a fixed magnet; a strike plate within the chamber and positioned to be struck by the striker; a magnet outside the chamber, the magnet coupled to a spindle of a motor; and control circuitry to drive the motor such that rotation of the spindle causes rotation of poles of the magnet at a frequency about a resonant frequency of the spring leaf. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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