IP Library Granted Patent US 12713513
Granted Patent B2
US 12713513 · App. 19/099,474 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Accelerating cavity and method of manufacturing accelerating cavity

Inventors: Masashi Kimura (Hyogo, JP); Nobuyuki Shigeoka (Hyogo, JP); Tetsuo Abe (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY, SYSTEMS, LTD.; INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
H05H7/18H05H7/22H05H2007/222
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12713513
App. No.
19/099,474
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An accelerating cavity includes: a housing that is conductive, has a tubular shape, and is formed by joining a plurality of part members parted by a planar parting surface along a central axis; a plurality of cells that are arranged in the housing along an axial direction of the central axis of the housing, and are connected to each other by a communicating portion that allows charged particles to pass through; and a protrusion that is disposed at a position surrounding the communicating portion of each of the cells in the housing, protrudes toward an inner side of the cell in the axial direction, and has a shape becoming larger in a radial direction with respect to the central axis from a tip end portion toward a base end portion in the axial direction.

Claims (44)

1 . An accelerating cavity comprising:

a housing that is conductive, has a tubular shape, and is formed by joining a plurality of part members parted by a planar parting surface along a central axis;

a plurality of cells that are arranged in the housing along an axial direction of the central axis of the housing, and are connected to each other by a communicating portion that allows charged particles to pass through; and

a protrusion that is disposed at a position surrounding the communicating portion of each of the cells in the housing, protrudes toward an inner side of the cell in the axial direction, and has a shape becoming larger in a radial direction from a tip end portion toward a base end portion in the axial direction as the shape is away from the parting surface in a rotating direction about the central axis, wherein

the protrusion includes a base-end side curved portion forming the base end portion, a tip-end side curved portion forming the tip end portion, and a connecting portion connecting the base-end side curved portion and the tip-end side curved portion,

the base-end side curved portion and the connecting portion are smoothly connected to each other, and the tip-end side curved portion and the connecting portion are smoothly connected to each other, and

at a position at which a predetermined angle φ from the parting surface in the rotating direction about the central axis, a connecting position between the tip-end side curved portion and the connecting portion is set so as to satisfy

α

(

φ

)

(

sin

φ

)

n

where α(φ) is an angle formed by a first virtual line orthogonal to a line tangent to the connecting position and a second virtual line perpendicular to the central axis, and n is a positive real number.

2 . The accelerating cavity according to claim 1 , wherein,

in a cross-sectional view along a plane passing the central axis,

the base-end side curved portion exhibits an arc shape, and

the connecting portion includes a linear portion.

3 . A method of manufacturing an accelerating cavity including: a housing that is conductive, has a tubular shape, and is formed by joining a plurality of part members parted by a planar parting surface along a central axis; a plurality of cells that are arranged in the housing along an axial direction of the central axis of the housing, and are connected to each other by a communicating portion that allows charged particles to pass through; and a protrusion that is disposed at a position surrounding the communicating portion of each of the cells in the housing, and protrudes toward an inner side of the cell in the axial direction, the method comprising:

forming a recess corresponding to the plurality of cells and the communicating portion by machining a machined surface of a base material, the machined surface being a surface corresponding to the parting surface; and

forming a portion corresponding to the protrusion such that the portion has a shape becoming larger in a radial direction with respect to the central axis from a tip end portion toward a base end portion in the axial direction of the central axis by inserting a machining tool into the recess from a side of the machined surface, wherein

in the forming a portion corresponding to the protrusion,

the protrusion includes a base-end side curved portion forming the base end portion, a tip-end side curved portion forming the tip end portion, and a connecting portion connecting the base-end side curved portion and the tip-end side curved portion,

the base-end side curved portion and the connecting portion are smoothly connected to each other, and the tip-end side curved portion and the connecting portion are smoothly connected to each other, and

at a position at which a predetermined angle φ from the parting surface in the rotating direction about the central axis, a connecting position between the tip-end side curved portion and the connecting portion is set so as to satisfy

α

(

φ

)

(

sin

φ

)

n

where α(φ) is an angle formed by a first virtual line orthogonal to a line tangent to the connecting position and a second virtual line perpendicular to the central axis, and n is a positive real number.