| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 174150100 | With cooling or fluid feeding, circulating or distributing | 40 |
| 20100243287 | Microwave Cable Cooling - A cable cooling apparatus, for dissipating heat generated by a cable, includes a housing disposed on a portion of a cable and defining a fluid-tight cavity therewithin. The housing is configured to cool at least a portion of the cable. The housing also includes one or more inlets, configured to receive fluid in the housing, and one or more outlets in fluid communication with an inlet for discharging the fluid from the housing. The fluid enters the housing through an inlet, circulates through a portion of the housing and absorbs thermal energy from a portion of the cable. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110024150 | COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CURRENT CARRYING CONDUCTOR - A cooling mechanism for a current carrying conductor is proposed. The mechanism includes a first layer having plurality of micro fluidic channels. The first layer is thermally coupled to the current carrying conductor and configured to exchange thermal energy. A micro-pump is configured to circulate a heat exchange fluid through the micro fluidic channels to exchange thermal energy with the first layer and remove heat from the current carrying conductor. The heat exchange fluid and the current carrying conductor are electrically isolated. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110100666 | THERMALLY CONTROLLED, ANTI-SHOCK APPARATUS FOR AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS - A thermally controlled, anti-shock apparatus for protecting an automotive electronic device. The apparatus includes a first housing having sidewalls that define an interior cavity. A second housing having a reservoir containing fluid is disposed within the interior cavity of the first housing. A sealed housing for carrying the electronic device is disposed within the fluid in the reservoir of the second housing, wherein the fluid provides buoyancy for keeping the sealed housing at least partially afloat within the reservoir. The sealed housing includes an inner fluid impermeable bag for enclosing the protected electronic device and an outer fluid impermeable bag in which the inner bag and electronic device are disposed. A cooling system condenser includes condenser tubing connected to one or more heat dissipating members that are mounted on a thermally conductive panel using one or more high strength magnets. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20140144665 | LINE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A line arrangement for transmitting high-power electrical energy and a pressurized fluid, comprising a hose having a hose interior, an electrical conductor, at least one hose-terminating element having a hose-terminating element interior and at least one electrically conductive conductor-terminating element, characterized in that the electrical conductor is at least partially accommodated in the hose interior, that a fluid channel is formed in the hose interior, that the conductor-terminating element is arranged on the electrical conductor at a free end and is fastened in the hose-terminating element interior at a distance from the hose-terminating element, and that insulation means, which circumferentially enclose the electrical conductor and the conductor-terminating element, are provided at least in the transition region between the electrical conductor and the conductor-terminating element. | 05-29-2014 |
| 174150200 | By heat pipe | 3 |
| 20110180292 | HIGH-VOLTAGE ISOLATOR WITH FIELD CONTROL ELEMENT - A high-voltage isolator is disclosed which has a first electrical connecting piece and a second electrical connecting piece, between which an electrical isolating body extends. The end sections of the connecting pieces are connected to the isolating body, with a toroidal field control element being arranged on at least one of the end sections. A slot, which extends in the circumferential direction of the end section, is introduced on the end section which has the field control element. The field control element and the respectively associated end section are formed integrally. As a result of the slot, tension and compression forces which occur during longitudinal and lateral contractions of the isolating body and act at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the end section can be largely prevented, as can shear forces, while at the same time achieving a high level of uniformity in an area of the isolating gap, for electrical fields which occur during operation. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20130277082 | TRANSMISSION-LINE COUPLED CLOSED-CYCLE HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE - Described embodiments include a device, a method, and a system. A described device includes a closed-cycle heat transfer device. The device includes a hollow member configured to be thermally coupled with and to be disposed substantially parallel to a length of a live transmission line of an overhead power transmission system. The power transmission system is configured to transport electric power from one place to another. The device includes a working fluid contained within the hollow member and tuned to transport heat received from the live transmission line to a heat removal structure. The device includes the heat removal structure configured to dissipate the transported heat. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20180027697 | COLD PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRICAL CABINET | 01-25-2018 |
| 174150300 | For bushing or pothead | 7 |
| 20090126965 | COOLING OF HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICES - A high voltage bushing including an electrical conductor configured to be electrically connected to a high voltage device and configured to be connected to an external fluid cooling system, and an insulating body surrounding the electrical conductor. A method includes cooling the high voltage bushing by connecting the electrical conductor to an external fluid cooling system. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100051306 | HIGH VOLTAGE BUSHING - A high voltage bushing for transferring AC or DC high voltage and current. The bushing includes an electrically connectable electrical conductor, an insulator housing enclosing the conductor, and a space filled with an electrically insulating gas in between said insulator housing and said conductor. The electrical conductor is coated with a surface layer of a material having a thermal emissivity substantially larger than a thermal emissivity of the conductor. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100071927 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR A SUPERCONDUCTOR ELEMENT - The invention relates to an electrical connection structure for a superconductor element cooled by a cryogenic fluid and connected to an electrical bushing, which bushing passes successively through an enclosure at an intermediate temperature between ambient temperature and the temperature of the cryogenic fluid, and an enclosure at ambient temperature, said bushing projecting outside the ambient temperature enclosure. According to the invention, said intermediate enclosure is filled at least in part with a solid material of low thermal conductivity, such as a polyurethane foam or a cellular glass foam. The invention is applicable to connecting a superconductor cable at cryogenic temperature to a device for equipment at ambient temperature. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100175905 | COOLING OF HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICES - A high voltage system including a HVDC valve, a liquid fluid cooling system for cooling the valve, and a high voltage bushing for transferring high voltage and high current from the fluid cooled HVDC valve. The high voltage bushing includes an insulating body surrounding an electrical conductor electrically connectable to a connector of the HVDC valve. The electrical conductor of the high voltage bushing includes a cooling duct arranged for cooling the bushing utilizing a circulating gaseous fluid. A heat exchanger is connected to the cooling duct and adapted to cool the circulating gaseous fluid, wherein the heat exchanger is connected to the cooling system of the HVDC valve and adapted to receive cooling water from and to return heated cooling water to the cooling system of the HVDC valve. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100181088 | ELECTRICAL FEED-THROUGH - The present invention provides an electrical feed-through ( | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100243288 | High Voltage Bushing, A Method Of Cooling A Conductor Thereof, And An Electric Power Distribution System Comprising Such A Bushing - A high voltage bushing including an elongated electric conductor, a tubular insulator surrounding the conductor, and cooling mechanism for cooling the conductor. The cooling mechanism includes at least one cooling element extending along a fraction of the length of the conductor and in thermal connection with the conductor. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100319949 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION OF A SEALED ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND METHOD FOR COOLING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION OF A SEALED ELECTRICAL MACHINE - The electrical connection of a sealed electrical machine is provided and includes a casing containing lead conductors each connected to a bushing via an electrical connector. The casing has at least an inlet and an outlet for a cooling fluid. The electrical connector includes at least a permeable element defining a chamber such that during operation the cooling fluid, passing through the chamber and the permeable element, cools the permeable element. A method is also provided for cooling an electrical connection. | 12-23-2010 |
| 174150400 | Superconductive type | 12 |
| 174150500 | For cable, conductor or joint | 12 |
| 20080257579 | Superconducting Cable and Dc Transmission System Incorporating the Superconducting Cable - The invention offers a superconducting cable easy to form a twisted structure even when a plurality of cable cores are used and a DC transmission system incorporating the superconducting cable. A superconducting cable | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090229848 | Superconducting cable - Provided is a superconducting cable capable of maintaining a predetermined thermal insulation property without having a vacuum thermal insulation structure. The superconducting cable of the present invention comprises: a cable unit | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100051307 | Cooled Current Leads For Cooled Equipment - A cooled current lead for conducting electrical current into a cooled vessel. The current lead comprises an electrical conductor ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100126748 | TERMINATION UNIT - This invention relates to a termination unit comprising an end-section of a cable. The end section of the cable defines a central longitudinal axis and comprising end-parts of N electrical phases, an end-part of a neutral conductor and a surrounding thermally insulation envelope adapted to comprising a cooling fluid. The end-parts of the N electrical phases and the end-part of the neutral conductor each comprising at least one electrical conductor and being arranged in the cable concentrically around a core former with a phase | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110180293 | SHIELDING CONDUCTOR CONNECTING STRUCTURE OF TERMINAL FOR SUPER-CONDUCTOR CABLE - Disclosed herein is a shielding conductor connecting structure of a terminal for super-conductor cable. The shielding conductor connecting structure includes an inner cryostat for forming an extremely low temperature portion while having a super-conductor cable formed therein, an outer cryostat formed with an interval so that a shielding conductor is extracted from the super-conductor cable, a plurality of vacuum tubes formed at an interval to protrude along an outer circumferential surface of the outer cryostat, a short-circuit conductor formed in each of the vacuum tubes to be connected to another phase connection portion and a short-circuit conductor connection portion formed in the interior of the outer cryostat and connected to the short-circuit conductor in the vacuum tube while being connected to the shielding conductor connected to the super-conductor cable. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110203827 | SUPERCONDUCTING CABLE - Provided is a superconducting cable capable of maintaining a predetermined thermal insulation property without having a vacuum thermal insulation structure. The superconducting cable of the present invention includes: a cable unit | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110253407 | SUPERCONDUCTING SWITCH COOLED BY MEANS OF INTERNAL CAVITY FILLED WITH LIQUID OR GASEOUS COOLANT - When testing or powering up a magnet in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device, a switch ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120118600 | TERMINATION STRUCTURE FOR SUPERCONDUCTING CABLE - A termination structure for a superconducting cable is provided. The termination structure for a superconducting cable includes a first tube including a conductive rod therein to form a room temperature section, a second tube including a conductive rod therein to form a temperature gradient section, and a spacer provided between the first and second tubes, the spacer comprising a conductive connector configured to connect the conductive rods inside the first and second tubes to each other. The first and second tubes are joined to be separable from each other. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130333912 | SUPERCONDUCTING CABLE COOLING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a superconducting cable cooling system which pumps a coolant for cooling a superconducting cable to a heat exchange section by using a circulation pump, and cools the coolant by a refrigerator. Specifically, the superconducting cable cooling system includes a heat exchange unit having a cooling space charged with a liquefied gas, a flow rate sensor which detects the flow rate of the coolant, a temperature sensor which detects the temperature of the liquefied gas charged in the heat exchange unit, and a control section which controls the refrigerator based on the detected values of the flow rate sensor and the temperature sensor such that the temperature of the liquefied gas charged in the heat exchange unit has a specific value. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140027141 | TERMINAL CONNECTING PART OF SUPERCONDUCTING CABLE - A terminal connecting part has: a low temperature container which is filled with a cooling medium; a conductor current lead which has one end immersed in the cooling medium and the other end led to a normal temperature part; and a conductor movable connecting terminal which electrically connects a superconductive conductor layer and the conductor current lead of a superconducting cable. The superconductive conductor layer of the superconducting cable which is stripped stepwise from a front end is connected to the conductor current lead through the conductor movable connecting terminal. The cable core of the superconducting cable is movable in a longitudinal direction and is rotatable in a circumferential direction while maintaining electrical connection between the superconductive conductor layer and the conductor current lead. The cable core is horizontally supported in the low temperature container. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20150107867 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING FORMERS OF SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES - A connection structure of formers for connecting hollow formers provided inside superconducting cables, comprising: a connection conduit which is hollow, wherein one end section and the other end section of the connection conduit are inserted into open sections leading to hollow internal sections formed at connection end sections of the respective formers, and the opposed connection end sections of the respective formers are connected to each other by welding. The connection conduit thereby ensures circulation of a refrigerant. Also, there is no incidence of the cooling medium circulation path being blocked when welding is performed in the connection conduit, allowing formers to be more easily connected. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20160141081 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CRYOGENIC FLUID DELIVERY BY WAY OF A SUPERCONDUCTING POWER TRANSMISSION LINE - A combined electrical power and hydrogen energy infrastructure includes a superconducting electrical transmission line. One or more fluid paths are adapted to cool one or more superconductors of the electrical transmission line to a superconducting operating condition and to deliver hydrogen in a liquid state. The combined electrical power and hydrogen energy infrastructure also includes a supply apparatus to pump hydrogen into the one or more paths and to cool and pressurize the hydrogen to maintain the hydrogen in a liquid state. A distribution apparatus is operatively coupled to the one or more fluid paths at a different location along or at an end of the electrical transmission line to draw off the hydrogen for distribution of the hydrogen for use as a hydrogen fuel. An electrical transmission line and a method for supplying a fluid via an electrical transmission line are also described. | 05-19-2016 |
| 174150600 | For cable, conductor or joint | 12 |
| 20090025952 | ELECTRIC MOTOR POWER CONNECTION ASSEMBLY - An electric motor power connection assembly diverts heat from an electrical conductor that carries electrical current between a power source and an electric motor. The electrical conductor is characterized by an effective cross-sectional area perpendicular to the direction of current flow and a length in the direction of current flow that is greater than the radius of a circle having the effective cross-sectional area. The “effective cross-sectional area” is the area perpendicular to the direction of current flow over which current is carried and thus depends on the cross-sectional shape and number of conductive components of the electrical conductor, which could be one or more wires. A heat diverting mechanism is positioned in thermal contact along the length of the electrical conductor to divert heat from the electrical conductor. The electric motor power connection assembly is suitable for use in a hybrid electro-mechanical transmission. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100193213 | Assembly of the conduit of a water-cooled, high current cable including the compact cable head - Assembly of the conduit of a water-cooled, high current cable including the compact cable head is disclosed. To achieve a longer service life for the assembly of the conduit ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110132631 | FAULT CURRENT LIMITING HTS CABLE AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING SAME - A cryogenically-cooled HTS cable is configured to be included within a utility power grid having a maximum fault current that would occur in the absence of the cryogenically-cooled HTS cable. The cryogenically-cooled HTS cable includes a continuous liquid cryogen coolant path for circulating a liquid cryogen. A continuously flexible arrangement of HTS wires has an impedance characteristic that attenuates the maximum fault current by at least 10%. The continuously flexible arrangement of HTS wires is configured to allow the cryogenically-cooled HTS cable to operate, during the occurrence of a maximum fault condition, with a maximum temperature rise within the HTS wires that is low enough to prevent the formation of gas bubbles within the liquid cryogen. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110174513 | Shielding Device for Wires Located in Light-Emitting Apparatuses - A shielding device is provided for protecting wires, cables and the like from rays, heat and the like, in a wire harness manufacturing assembly. The shielding device comprises at least one wire-covering member, such as a tube through which the wire extends. The tube is adapted to be displaced between a wire-revealing position and a wire-concealing position, wherein in the former position, the tube allows the wire to be exposed to the rays, whereas in the latter position, the tube is in a ray-exposure area and at least partly shields the wire from the rays. Typically there are two aligned tubes slidably displaceable towards and away from each other so as to respectively assume the wire-concealing and wire-revealing positions. A compressed air source, in fluid communication with an inside of the tubes, cools the wire when in the wire-concealing position. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110247851 | APPARATUS FOR CURING THIN FILMS ON A MOVING SUBSTRATE - An apparatus for curing thin films is disclosed. The apparatus includes a computer control system, a conveyance system, a flashlamp controller, and a flashlamp. The curing apparatus also includes a high average power, low-inductance cable connected between the flashlamp controller and the flashlamp. The low-inductance cable is smaller in diameter and is more flexible than the prior art and includes at least one liquid cooling line and multiple forward and return path wires interleaved in a regular hexagonal closed packed configuration such that every wire is adjacent to at least one cooling line and at least one wire of opposite polarity. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120186845 | Conducting path - A conducting path includes a plurality of cables, and a cable clamp for clamping the plurality of cables together. The cable clamp includes a single metal plate molded along a perimeter of the plurality of cables, an attachment flange formed by overlapping both ends of the metal plate, and a cable supporting member for supporting the plurality of cables between the cable supporting member and the metal plate. The cable supporting member includes a coolant passage formed therein for passing a coolant to cool the plurality of cables in a longitudinal direction of the plurality of cables. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130269966 | High Voltage Electric Cable - A high voltage electric cable including a cable core, a cooling pipe for cooling the cable core including a polymer and adapted for carrying a cooling fluid, and a cable covering enclosing the cable core and the cooling pipe. The electric cable further includes a heat conducting element surrounding the cable core, and being arranged in thermal contact with the cable core and the cooling pipe. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140060873 | Active Cooling of Medium Voltage Power Umbilicals - An umbilical comprises an outer sheath defining an interior void; one or more power cores; and one or more forced convection cooling circuits disposed within the interior void proximate the power cores, typically at least one forced convection cooling circuit paired with each power core. The forced convection cooling circuit comprises a heat exchange delivery fluid conduit and a heat exchange return fluid conduit in fluid communication with the heat exchange delivery fluid conduit, where at least one of the fluid conduits is disposed either proximate to the other conduit or disposed within the other conduit. The forced convection cooling circuit has a length which has been determined to be sufficient to achieve a desired heat exchange that results in a desired efficient evacuation of heat energy from the power cores along a predetermined length of the umbilical. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140332247 | INTERNAL COOLING OF POWER CABLES AND POWER UMBILICALS - A power cable ( | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150041171 | ARRANGEMENT FOR COOLING POWER CABLES, POWER UMBILICALS AND CABLES - A power cable (C | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150294765 | Line-Shaped Assembly - A line-shaped assembly includes a heat source that includes a heat source main body extending straightly and a heat source cover member covering the heat source main body, and a tubular-shaped heat source protective member that accommodates and protects the heat source. The heat source protective member is made of resin, and includes a first tube body portion with an inner surface that has a small area per unit length in an axial direction of the heat source protective member in contact with the heat source, and a second tube body portion with an inner surface that has a contact area larger than that of the first tube body portion. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150340130 | HEAT DISSIPATION IN A POWER CABLE OR A POWER UMBILICAL - A power cable, or power umbilical, comprising a number of electric cables for transfer of large amounts of electric power/energy; filler material in the form of stiff elongate polymer elements; said number of electric cables and stiff elongate polymer elements being gathered in a twisted bundle by means of a laying operation; a protective sheath that encompasses the electric cables and the filler material; wherein the filler material is manufactured of a polymer material, which polymer material has been added constituents that transforms the filler material to be substantially more heat conducting and heat dissipating. | 11-26-2015 |
| 174160100 | By ventilation or gas circulation | 2 |
| 20120211253 | IMPLEMENTING FLEX CIRCUIT CABLE AND CONNECTOR WITH DUAL SHIELDED AIR PLENUM - A method, system, and structure are provided for implementing a flex circuit cable and connector with a dual shielded air plenum. A flex circuit cable is provided with a connector. The flex circuit cable includes a stack of three spaced flex cable members with a plurality of gasket separators that are configured to form a pair of air plenums between the inner flex cable member and the respective outer flex cable members carrying cooling air coupled to the connector. The respective outer flex cable members together with the gasket separators provide a shielding function. | 08-23-2012 |
| 174160200 | Of bus bars or bus ducts | 1 |
| 20150068784 | AIR INLET AND AIR OUTLET OPENINGS FOR A VERTICAL BUSBAR SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY FOR WIND POWER PLANTS - A busbar system is disclosed for the transport of electrical energy, the busbar system being in a vertical setup position. The busbar system includes at least one busbar and a cover surrounding the at least one busbar, the busbar system being divided into elements, each element having an inlet opening in a lower region of the housing and an outlet opening in an upper region of the housing. The housing is substantially closed between the inlet opening and the outlet opening of each element. | 03-12-2015 |
