CARLOS GABRIEL CAMARA
Pilots at Westminster Ave Ph 1, Venice, CA

2013034, Dec 26, 2013

Mar 9, 2012

14/003227

Seth J. Putterman - Malibu CA, US
Jonathan Hird - Cambridge, GB
Carlos Camara - Venice CA, US

The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA

H01J 35/16

378121

An x-ray source for generating x-rays with at least one narrow energy band includes an enclosing vessel, a first contact arranged with a first contact surface in the enclosing vessel, a second contact arranged with a second contact surface in the enclosing vessel, and an actuator assembly operatively connected to at least one of the first and second contacts. The actuator assembly is structured to cause the first contact surface and the second contact surface to repeatedly come into contact, and separate after making contact, while in operation. The first contact surface is a surface of a first triboelectric material and the second contact surface is a surface of a second triboelectric material, the surface of the first triboelectric material having a negative triboelectric potential relative to the surface of the second triboelectric material. The second contact includes a material that includes an atomic element in its composition that has an excited quantum energy state that can be excited by electrons traveling from the first contact surface to the second contact surface such that the atomic element emits x-rays having an energy within the at least one narrow energy band upon transition from the excited state into a lower energy state. The enclosing vessel is structured to provide control of an atmospheric environment to which the first and second contact surfaces are exposed.

2014004, Feb 13, 2014

May 3, 2012

14/113782

Carlos Camara - Venice CA, US
Seth J. Putterman - Malibu CA, US
Jonathan Hird - Ottawa, CA

H05G 2/00

378 62, 378119

An x-ray source includes an enclosing vessel, a first roller arranged at least partially within the enclosing vessel, a second roller arranged at least partially within the enclosing vessel and to be in rolling contact with the first roller, and a drive assembly operatively connected to at least one of the first and second rollers. The drive assembly causes the first and second rollers to rotate while in contact to bring portions of the first and second rollers into and out of contact within the enclosing vessel as the first and second rollers rotate. The first roller has a surface at least partially of a first triboelectric material and the second roller has a surface at least partially of a second triboelectric material, the first triboelectric material having a negative triboelectric potential relative to the second triboelectric material. The enclosing vessel is structured to provide a controlled atmospheric environment, and the first triboelectric material, the second triboelectric material and the controlled atmospheric environment are selected such that rolling contact between the first and second rollers produces x-rays.

2013025, Oct 3, 2013

Mar 27, 2012

13/431473

Carlos Camara - Venice CA, US

Tribogenics, Inc. - Marina Del Rey CA

H05G 2/00

378119

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.

2013033, Dec 19, 2013

Jun 14, 2012

13/523551

Carlos Camara - Venice CA, US
Mark G. Valentine - Marina Del Rey CA, US

H01J 35/10, H01J 35/18

378125, 378119, 378121

A high energy radiation generator utilizes sliding friction in a low pressure environment to generate high energy radiation, for example x-rays. The sliding friction may be generated by sweeping one material against a second material, for example rotating a surface of a rotor against a membrane, in the presence of an electron target, which may be one of the first material or the second material, or a different material.

2011013, Jun 2, 2011

Feb 11, 2009

12/863728

Seth J. Putterman - Los Angeles CA, US
Carlos Camara - Venice CA, US
Juan V. Escobar - Venice CA, US
Jonathan Hird - Ottawa, CA

A61N 5/00, G21G 4/00, H05G 2/00, G01N 23/04, G01T 1/36

600 1, 378119, 378 62, 378 82, 2504931

A device for generating x-rays has an enclosing vessel having a structure suitable to provide an enclosed space at a predetermined fluid pressure, wherein the enclosing vessel has a window portion and a shielding portion in which the shielding portion is more optically dense to x-rays than the window portion; a mechanoluminescent component disposed at least partially within the enclosing vessel; and a mechanical assembly connected to the mechanoluminescent component. The mechanical assembly provides mechanical energy to the mechanoluminescent component while in operation, and at least some of the mechanical energy when provided to the mechanoluminescent component by the mechanical assembly is converted to x-rays.