APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MECHANICALLY PROVIDING POWER TO A GENERATOR ON A CONTINUOUS ROTATABLE ROTOR OF AN X-RAY SCANNER

An imaging system, comprising a gantry housing (102); a rotor (82) rotatably positioned within the gantry housing; a generator (144) connected to the rotor and configured to generate power to power a plurality of power devices associated with the rotor; a generator gear (140) connected to or configu...

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1. Verfasser: RISHER-KELLY, Clifford M
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Zusammenfassung:An imaging system, comprising a gantry housing (102); a rotor (82) rotatably positioned within the gantry housing; a generator (144) connected to the rotor and configured to generate power to power a plurality of power devices associated with the rotor; a generator gear (140) connected to or configured to engage an axle (142) of the generator; and a gear (152) configured to engage with the generator gear; wherein upon the gear engaging the generator gear, the generator gear can rotate the axle of the generator to generate power to power the plurality of devices associated with the rotor.