| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 505230000 |
Superconducting wire, tape, cable, or fiber, per se
| 161 |
| 505163000 |
Significant cryogenic refrigeration system having superconductor component as part of the system or having superconductor device or material to be cooled present therewith (e.g., Peltier effect device, etc.)
| 136 |
| 505160000 |
Measuring or testing system or device
| 90 |
| 505211000 |
Electrical energy storage device (e.g., accumulator, etc.), inductor, transformer, magnetic switch, magnetic ring, sphere, coil, or magnetic arrangement
| 74 |
| 505237000 |
Superconductor next to two or more nonsuperconductive layers
| 45 |
| 505210000 |
High frequency waveguides, resonators, electrical networks, or other devices of the waveguide type (e.g., phase shifters, cavity filters, etc.)
| 24 |
| 505170000 |
Information processing (e.g., logic circuits, computer, etc.) or information storage or retrieval system, device, or component (i.e., both dynamic and static)
| 22 |
| 505166000 |
Dynamoelectric machine (e.g., motor, generator, etc.), rotational system or device (e.g., clutch, rotor, bearing, etc.), or components thereof
| 21 |
| 505220000 |
Superconductor having metal connect, pad, connect structure, or patterned superconductor circuit, per se
| 16 |
| 505190000 |
Josephson junction, per se (e.g., point contact, bridge, barrier junction, SIS, SNS, SSS, etc.) or Josephson junction with only terminals or connect
| 13 |
| 505191000 |
Semiconductor thin film device or thin film electric solid-state device or system (i.e., active or passive)
| 9 |
| 505236000 |
Superconductor layer next to free metal containing layer
| 9 |
| 505234000 |
Superconductor next to superconductor
| 8 |
| 505239000 |
Substrate for supporting superconductor | 5 |
| 20090298698 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR LAYER ARRANGEMENT - A high-temperature superconductor layer arrangement includes at least one substrate and a textured buffer layer made of oxidic material that permits textured growth of a high-temperature superconductor. Surprisingly, a layer of the buffer material made of a rare-earth element cerium oxide containing lanthanum as the rare-earth element may be used to produce a homogeneous buffer layer in just one coating operation, where appropriate. The buffer layer material may be a rare-earth oxide of the general formula: Ln′ | 12-03-2009 |
| 20120208703 | METAL LAMINATED SUBSTRATE FOR USE AS AN OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE MATERIAL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A metal laminated substrate for an oxide superconducting wire is produced by removing, in a state where a copper foil to which rolling is applied at a draft of 90% or more is held at a temperature below a recrystallization temperature, an absorbed material on a surface of the copper foil by applying sputter etching to the surface of the copper foil; removing an absorbed material on a surface of a nonmagnetic metal sheet by applying sputter etching to the surface of the nonmagnetic metal sheet; bonding the copper foil and the metal sheet to each other by reduction rolls at an applied pressure of 300 MPa to 1500 MPa; orienting crystals of the copper by heating a laminated body obtained by bonding at a crystal orientation temperature of copper or above; and forming a protective layer on a copper-side surface of the laminated body by coating. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20130040821 | SUBSTRATE FOR SUPERCONDUCTING COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SUBSTRATE - Provided are a substrate for a superconducting compound and a method for manufacturing the substrate which can realize the excellent adhesive strength simultaneously with high orientation of copper. An absorbed material on a surface of a copper foil to which rolling is applied at a draft of 90% or more is removed by applying sputter etching to the surface of the copper foil, sputter etching is applied to a nonmagnetic metal sheet, the copper foil and the metal sheet are bonded to each other by applying a pressure to the copper foil and the metal sheet using reduction rolls, crystals of the copper in the copper foil are oriented by heating a laminated body formed by such bonding, copper is diffused into the metal sheet by heating with a copper diffusion distance of lOnm or more, and a protective layer is laminated to a surface of the copper foil of the laminated body. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20150299899 | SUBSTRATE FOR EPITAXIAL GROWTH, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND SUBSTRATE FOR SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE - An objective of the present invention is to provide a copper substrate for epitaxial growth, which has higher biaxial crystal orientation, and a method for manufacturing the same. The substrate for epitaxial growth of the present invention contains a biaxially crystal-oriented copper layer, wherein the full width at half maximum Δφ of a peak based on the pole figure of the copper layer is within 5° and the tail width Δβ of the peak based on the pole figure is within 15° Such a substrate for epitaxial growth is manufactured by a 1 | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160083827 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A METAL FILM - A method for producing a metal film composed of an alloy having more than 50% nickel (a) melts the alloy in amounts of more than one ton in a vacuum induction furnace, or openly in an induction or arc furnace, followed by treatment in a VOD or VLF installation, (b) the alloy is cast into blocks, electrodes or as continuous casting to form a pre-product, (c) the pre-product is annealed if necessary at temperatures between 800° C.-1350° C. for 1-300 hours under air or protective gas, and (d) hot rolled between 1300° C.-600° C. to reduce the thickness of the starting material by a factor of 1.5-200, such that the pre-product has a thickness of 1-100 mm after the rolling and is not recrystallized, recovered, and/or is (dynamically) recrystallized having a grain size less than 300 μm, (e) the pre-product is pickled, (f) then cold worked to produce a film with a degree of deformation greater than 90% to a final thickness of 10-600 μm, (g) the film is cut into strips of 5-300 mm after the cold working, (h) the film strips are coated with a ceramic powder loosely or by an adhesive or by an oxide dissolved in alcohol or covered with a separating film and, if necessary, dried, (i) the film strips are wound annularly onto one or more mandrels or one or more sleeves, wherein the inner and the outer end are each spot-welded or clamped, (j) the annularly wound film strips are annealed under protective gas at temperatures between 600° C.-1200° C. for 1 min to 300 h, (k) wherein the annealed film-like material is recrystallized after the annealing and has a large proportion of cubic texture. | 03-24-2016 |
| 505238000 |
Superconductor next to layer containing nonsuperconducting ceramic composition or inorganic compound (e.g., metal oxide, metal nitride, etc.) | 5 |
| 20080207458 | Superconductive Magnet for Persistent Current and Method for Manufacturing the Same - Disclosed are a superconductive magnet manufactured by winding a thin superconductive rod wire in a coil without joint for maintaining a persistent current mode, and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes winding both ends of a superconductive rod wire ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090036313 | Coated superconducting materials - A superconducting article comprising a substrate and a single composite layer deposited onto said substrate, wherein said single composite layer comprises Y | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090062128 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNESIUM BORIDE THIN-FILM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A magnesium boride thin film having a B-rich composition represented by the general formula of MgB | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100048406 | OXIDE FILMS WITH NANODOT FLUX PINNING CENTERS - A method for producing a thin film includes disposing a precursor solution onto a substrate to form a precursor film. The precursor solution contains precursor components to a rare-earth/alkaline-earth-metal/transition-metal oxide including a salt of a rare earth element, a salt of an alkaline earth metal, and a salt of a transition metal in one or more solvents, wherein at least one of the salts is a fluoride-containing salt. The precursor solution also contains an additive component comprising one or more metal compounds capable of forming a second phase nanoparticle, either alone or in combination with one or more of the precursor components of the precursor solution or a dopant component comprising one or more metal compounds capable of substituting for an element of the rare-earth/alkaline-earth-metal/transition-metal oxide, and treating the precursor film to form an intermediate metal oxyfluoride including the rare earth, the alkaline earth metal, the transition metal and the additive metal or dopant metal of the precursor solution. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110230356 | RF-PROPERTIES-OPTIMIZED COMPOSITIONS OF (RE) Ba2Cu3O7-8 THIN FILM SUPERCONDUCTORS - The films of this invention are high temperature superconducting (HTS) thin films specifically optimized for microwave and RF applications. In particular, this invention focuses on compositions with a significant deviation from the 1:2:3 stoichiometry in order to create the films optimized for microwave/RF applications. The RF/microwave HTS applications require the HTS thin films to have superior microwave properties, specifically low surface resistance, R | 09-22-2011 |
| 505180000 |
Device producing stimulated emission (e.g., laser, maser, etc.) | 4 |
| 20080287301 | Method and apparatus for generation of a gravitational force on a rotating body such as a superconductor - The present invention relates to the use of technical drive systems, which operate by the modification of gravitational fields. These drive systems do not depend on the emission of matter to create thrust but create a change in the curvature of space-time, in accordance with general relativity. This allows travel by warping space-time to produce an independent warp drive system. Differential electron flow through a body in rotation is directed so as to simultaneously pass through a said body in its direction of rotation and contrary to its direction of rotation so as to release a directed flow of gravitons. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20130274111 | Method and device for rapid DNP - A method for producing hyperpolarized sample material for use in magnetic resonance investigations involves preparing a target material containing high γ nuclei with a short T | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140045700 | LASER DEVICE FOR EMITTING WAVES IN THE TERAHERTZ RANGE - A laser device for emitting waves in a frequency range belonging to the terahertz range, includes the following, in combination: a wave guide extending longitudinally along an axis A-A′; a superconducting coil arranged coaxially to the wave guide and arranged at a first end of the wave guide; a p-Ge p-doped germanium crystal arranged inside the coil such that the turns of the superconducting coil at least partially surround the p-Ge crystal; a cooling device containing a coolant, the superconducting coil and the p-Ge crystal being arranged in the cooling device, and the wave guide partially extending outside the cooling device; and removing the coolant from the wave guide. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140094371 | MAGNETIC SHIMS TO ALTER MAGNETIC FIELDS - An example particle accelerator includes a coil to provide a magnetic field to a cavity; a cryostat comprising a chamber for holding the coil, where the coil is arranged in the chamber to define an interior region of the coil and an exterior region of the coil; magnetic structures adjacent to the cryostat, where the magnetic structures have one or more slots at least part-way therethrough; and one or more magnetic shims in one or more corresponding slots. The one or more magnetic shims are movable to adjust a position of the coil by changing a magnetic field produced by the magnetic structures. | 04-03-2014 |
| 505200000 |
Electric discharge tube | 4 |
| 20100087323 | Method of enhancing efficacy of electrical apparatuses - The present invention is a method of enhancing efficacy of electrical apparatuses by using the augmented velocity electrons. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20130012394 | SUPERCONDUCTING ACCELERATOR CAVITY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUPERCONDUCTING ACCELERATOR CAVITY - Provided is a superconducting accelerator cavity and a method thereof with which product reliability can be enhanced and manufacturing costs can be reduced. A method of manufacturing a superconducting accelerator cavity includes a beam-pipe forming stage of forming a beam pipe by processing a superconducting material into a tube shape; an end-plate joining stage of joining, by welding, an inner circumferential surface of an end plate formed in a shape of a ring that forms an end of a jacket, which accommodates coolant, to an outer circumferential portion of an end in the beam pipe formed in the beam-pipe forming stage; and an end-cell joining stage of joining, by welding, an iris portion of an end cell, which is formed of a superconducting material in a shape of a ring so as to form a cavity portion, to an inner circumferential portion of the end of the beam pipe. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20140087953 | Ultra-Light, Magnetically Shielded, High-Current, Compact Cyclotron - A cyclotron for ion acceleration is magnetically shielded during ion acceleration by passing electrical current in the same direction through both the first and second superconducting primary coils. A first magnetic-field-shielding coil is on the same side of the mid plane as the first superconducting primary coil, while a second magnetic-field-shielding coil is on the same side of the midplane as the second superconducting primary coil and beyond the outer radius of the second superconducting primary coil. Electrical current is also passed through the magnetic-field-shielding coils in a direction opposite to the direction in which electrical current is passed through the superconducting primary coils and generates a canceling magnetic field that reduces the magnetic field generated at radii from the central axis beyond the magnetic-field-shielding coils. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140371076 | Magnet Structure For An Isochronous Superconducting Compact Cyclotron - The invention relates to a magnet structure for a superconducting isochronous cyclotron for use in particle therapy. The cyclotron according to the invention is using two sets of three or more superconducting sector coil elements for generating an azimuthally varying magnetic field across the acceleration region. In this way, high-field (e.g. above 4 T) isochronous cyclotrons are provided which do not suffer the problem of a low flutter amplitude. | 12-18-2014 |
| 505202000 |
Electric communication system containing transmitter or receiver of pulse, digital, or electromagnetic radio, television, or radar wave form | 2 |
| 20110301040 | HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR FILTERS FOR HIGH FREQUENCY SHIPBOARD APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed relating to transmission of communications via high frequency antenna systems employing high-temperature superconductor filters and/or amplifiers. In certain embodiments, a comb linear amplifier combiner may be modified with, for example, cryogenically cooled and/or high-temperature superconductor components, such as matching units of bandpass filters. A computer control unit may be coupled to the transmission circuit to control operation of one or more of the low-power transmitters, filters, and/or amplifiers. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120172233 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL FILTERS AND INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEMS - An electronic filtering device includes continuous trace on a dielectric substrate and a dissipation layer communicatively coupled to the trace. The dissipation layer may include disconnected metal particles, which may be embedded in a substrate, for example in an epoxy. The continuous trace may be meandering, for example crenulated, coil or spiral signal path. At least a second continuous trace may be spaced from the first by the substrate, and conductively coupled by a via. The electronic filtering device may be used in one or more printed circuit boards (PCBs) that form stages of an input/output system. | 07-05-2012 |
| 505201000 |
Antenna | 2 |
| 20100056379 | Mixed Material RF Circuits and Components - A Radio Frequency (RF) component comprising a non-superconducting material, and a superconducting material, wherein the superconducting material is disposed in one or more areas of the RF component such that the areas with superconducting material conduct greater current density than do areas with the non-superconducting material. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20140162884 | HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVE FILMS AND METHODS OF MAKING THEM - Described is a superconductive layered structure and an article including this superconductive layered structure on a substrate structure. The superconductive layered structure comprises a stack including at least one bi-layered assembly formed by first and second layers of similar superconducting material compositions, the second layer being superconductive at predetermined temperature condition, the first layer being a substantially thin layer and having a c lattice parameter selected in accordance with those of the substrate structure and the second layer, such that said first layer is non-superconductive at said predetermined temperature condition thereby allowing the second superconductive layer to be desirably thick to provide high critical current density of the superconductive layer. | 06-12-2014 |
| 505181000 |
Photoconductive, light transmissive, light emissive, or light responsive device or component | 2 |
| 20140087952 | Efficient Polarization Independent Single Photon Detector - A superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SN-SPD) microelectronic circuit is described which has higher quantum efficiency and signal-to-noise than any SN-SPD's known in the art. The material and configuration of the microelectronic circuit eliminates the polarization dependence and shows improved signal-to-noise over SN-SPD microelectronic circuits known in the art. The higher efficiency, polarization independence, and high signal-to-noise is achieved by vertically stacking two tungsten-silicide (TS) SN-SPDs and electrically connecting them in parallel. This structure forms a multilayer superconducting nanowire avalanche photo-detector (SNAP). A single photon detection device employing the multilayer (SNAP) microelectronic circuit demonstrates a peak system detection efficiency of 87.7% and a polarization dependence of less than 2%. This represents nearly an order of magnitude improvement in both system detection efficiency and reduction of polarization dependence compared to conventional SNSPDs. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140094372 | COMPACTLY-INTEGRATED OPTICAL DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Compactly-integrated electronic structures and associated systems and methods are provided. Certain embodiments relate to the ability to integrate nanowire-based detectors with optical components. | 04-03-2014 |
| 505235000 |
Superconductor layer and one semiconducting or silicon (Si) layer | 1 |
| 20090048113 | Superconducting thin film having columnar pinning centers utilizing nano dots and method of making the same - A superconducting thin film is disclosed having columnar pinning centers utilizing nano dots, and comprising nano dots ( | 02-19-2009 |
| 505164000 |
Projectile or launching device or system | 1 |
| 20160123703 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING MOMENTUM USING SUPERCONDUCTING COILS - The present invention relates to an apparatus of generating momentum which drives an object. The present invention provides a momentum generating apparatus in which a pair of high temperature superconducting coils which are wound in different directions and have different superconducting properties are arranged in parallel and the same current flows in the pair of coils to be in a stable state where magnetic fields generated in the coils are cancelled and an asymmetric current is suddenly applied to the pair of coils through a switching operation to generate a magnetic field and an eddy current is induced in a plate due to the generated magnetic field and the plate is floated using a repulsive force between the magnetic field generated in the plate due to the eddy current and the magnetic field generated in the pair of coils, to instantaneously generate force using a small amount of superconducting coils. | 05-05-2016 |
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| 20080207457 | Magnetic Levitation Device - A magnetic levitation device includes at least two superconductor molded bodies with stored magnetic field configurations above a magnetic guide track. The at least two superconductor molded bodies have at least one of a stored magnetic field configuration with different vertical spacing from the guide track and a stored magnetic field configuration with different horizontal position with respect to the guide track. The at least two superconductor molded bodies are mechanically held in a position deviating from their stored position above the guide track and connected to one another. This abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080234134 | Buffer layers for coated conductors - A composite structure is provided including a base substrate, an IBAD oriented material upon the base substrate, and a cubic metal oxide material selected from the group consisting of rare earth zirconates and rare earth hafnates upon the IBAD oriented material. Additionally, an article is provided including a base substrate, an IBAD oriented material upon the base substrate, a cubic metal oxide material selected from the group consisting of rare earth zirconates and rare earth hafnates upon the IBAD oriented material, and a thick film upon the cubic metal oxide material. Finally, a superconducting article is provided including a base substrate, an IBAD oriented material upon the base substrate, a cubic metal oxide material selected from the group consisting of rare earth zirconates and rare earth hafnates upon the IBAD oriented material, and an yttrium barium copper oxide material upon the cubic metal oxide material. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090221426 | Enhanced heat transfer from an HTS element in a cryogenic bath - The fault current limiter in a cryogenic liquid heat transfer medium, employs a high temperature superconductor (HTS) element which has a high thermal resistance coating material encapsulating the high temperature superconductor to form an intermediate boundary layer between the HTS element and the heat transfer medium. The coating material has a thickness which enables it to minimize the retained heat in the HTS element during recovery from a fault condition, wherein substantially all heat transfer from the encapsulated high temperature superconductor element to the liquid cryogen heat transfer medium occurs at the nucleate boiling heat transfer rate. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090253580 | Growth of Boron Nanostructures with Controlled Diameter - A process for growth of boron-based nanostructures, such as nanotubes and nanowires, with a controlled diameter and with controlled chemical (such as composition, doping) as well as physical (such as electrical and superconducting) properties is described. The boron nanostructures are grown on a metal-substituted MCM-41 template with pores having a uniform pore diameter of less than approximately 4 nm, and can be doped with a Group Ia or Group IIa electron donor element during or after growth of the nanostructure. Preliminary data based on magnetic susceptibility measurements suggest that Mg-doped boron nanotubes have a superconducting transition temperature on the order of 100 K. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090270260 | RE123-Based Oxide Superconductor and Method of Production of Same - An RE123-based oxide superconductor characterized by comprising a conductive layer containing an REBa | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090270261 | Superconducting Device for Current Conditioning - The device has a quenchable superconductor ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100113280 | Porous ceramic high temperature superconductors and method of making same - Porous ceramic superconductors having a film thickness over 0.5 microns are provided. The superconducting material is applied to a vicinal substrate and optionally nanoparticles are inserted to release local strain. The resultant superconductors exhibit improved Jc values compared to nonvicinal (flat) counterparts and those having no nanoparticles. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100113281 | OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING FILM AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method of preparing an oxide superconducting film, the method includes reacting a metal acetate containing metal M selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, neodymium and samarium with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than three carbon atoms, reacting barium acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having two carbon atoms, reacting copper acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than two carbon atoms, respectively, followed by refining reaction products, dissolving the reaction products in methanol such that a molar ratio of the metal M, barium and copper is 1:2:3 to prepare a coating solution, and coating a substrate with the coating solution to form a gel film, followed by calcining and firing the gel film to prepare an oxide superconducting film. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100204049 | OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING FILM AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method of preparing an oxide superconducting film, the method includes reacting a metal acetate containing metal M selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, neodymium and samarium with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than three carbon atoms, reacting barium acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having two carbon atoms, reacting copper acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than two carbon atoms, respectively, followed by refining reaction products, dissolving the reaction products in methanol such that a molar ratio of the metal M, barium and copper is 1:2:3 to prepare a coating solution, and coating a substrate with the coating solution to form a gel film, followed by calcining and firing the gel film to prepare an oxide superconducting film. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100222222 | COMPOSITE SUPERCONDUCTOR - Disclosed is a composite superconductor comprising a superconductor and a metal member. The metal member is composed of one or more members to be joined together in such manner that the one or more members cover the superconductor, and at least one member is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100285966 | SUPERCONDUCTOR WITH ENHANCED HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD PROPERTIES, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND MRI APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - A superconductor exemplarily described herein includes a superconducting material containing vortex pinning centers and non-magnetic disorders formed in the superconducting material. The superconductor described herein is suitable for use in magnet applications and power transmission. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110009273 | RE123-BASED OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME - A method of production of a RE123-based oxide superconductor, said method of production of a RE123-based oxide superconductor characterized by comprising (i) firing a pulse laser at an oxide-based target including RE, Ba, and Cu satisfying the following formulas (1) and (2) to form a plume and (ii) holding a substrate in that plume to form an RE123-based oxide superconducting film: | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110009274 | MAGNETIC VACUUM SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR USE WITH SUPERCONDUCTING-BASED COMPUTING SYSTEMS - Magnetic shields and magnetic shielding systems are described. The excessive spatial demands of known mu-metal/cryoperm and superconducting shielding systems are reduced by a new multi-piece shield construction approach. A complete magnetic shielding system for use with superconducting-based computing systems, such as superconducting quantum computing systems, is also described. This complete system may include mu-metal/cryoperm shields and superconducting shields using either compensatory magnetic fields, expulsion by temperature gradients, or a combination of the two. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110034337 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE CURRENT LIMITER WITH MAGNETIC FIELD TRIGGERING - A superconductive current limiter component with magnetic field triggering has a tubular superconductor element ( | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110034338 | CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY ENHANCEMENT VIA INCORPORATION OF NANOSCALE Ba2(Y,RE)TaO6 IN REBCO FILMS - A superconducting article includes a substrate having a biaxially textured surface, and an epitaxial biaxially textured superconducting film supported by the substrate. The epitaxial superconducting film includes particles of Ba | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110045986 | MESH-TYPE STABILIZER FOR FILAMENTARY COATED SUPERCONDUCTORS - A superconductor for mitigating the effects of local current disruptions in a superconducting filament. The superconductor comprises superconducting filaments covered by a medium in electrical communication with the filaments. The covering medium has anisotropic conductivity, the conductivity in a direction substantially aligned with the filaments being selected to stabilize the superconductor near the critical temperature, and the conductivity of the covering in a direction substantially perpendicular to the filaments being selected to permit controlled current sharing between the filaments, especially when a filament is compromised, while simultaneously limiting alternating current (ac) losses. In various embodiments, the covering comprises a wire mesh having longitudinal wires made of a first material having a first conductivity, and transverse wires made of a second material having a second conductivity, different from the first conductivity. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110082042 | EXTREMELY LOW RESISTANCE FILMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING AND CREATING SAME - Operational characteristics of an extremely low resistance (“ELR”) film comprised of an ELR material may be improved by depositing a modifying material onto appropriate surfaces of the ELR film to create a modified ELR film. In some implementations of the invention, the ELR film may be in the form of a “c-film.” In some implementations of the invention, the ELR film may be in the form of an “a-b film,” an “a-film” or a “b-film.” The modified ELR film has improved operational characteristics over the ELR film alone or without the modifying material. Such operational characteristics may include operating in an ELR state at increased temperatures, carrying additional electrical charge, operating with improved magnetic properties, operating with improved mechanic properties or other improved operational characteristics. In some implementations of the invention, the ELR material is a mixed-valence copper-oxide perovskite, such as, but not limited to YBCO. In some implementations of the invention, the modifying material is a conductive material that bonds easily to oxygen, such as, but not limited to, chromium. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110092371 | COOLING FLUID PATH STRUCTURE FOR SUPERCONDUCTION ROTATING MACHINE - Disclosed is a cooling fluid path structure for a superconducting rotating machine, which includes: a fixed inlet fluid path fixed together with the fluid supply means; a rotating inlet fluid path adjacently connected to an outlet of the fixed inlet fluid path, which is for transferring the cooling fluid transferred from the fixed inlet fluid path to a cooling fluid path inlet provided in the rotor while rotating together with the rotor; a rotating outlet fluid path rotating together with the rotor, to which the cooling fluid discharged from a cooling fluid path outlet of the rotor is transferred; and a fixed outlet fluid path adjacently connected to the rotating outlet fluid path, which is for transferring the cooling fluid transferred from the rotating outlet fluid path to the fluid supply means while being fixed together with the fluid supply means, wherein the rotating outlet fluid path and the fixed outlet fluid path are disposed in such a manner that they surround outside of the rotating inlet fluid path and the fixed inlet fluid path. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110111963 | Apparatus For Fabricating High Temperature Superconducting Film And High Temperature Superconducting Film Fabricated Through Auxiliary Cluster Beam Spraying - Disclosed herein is a high temperature superconducting film and an apparatus for fabricating a high temperature superconducting film in a vacuum chamber through auxiliary cluster beam spraying using an evaporation method, wherein a high temperature superconducting material is deposited on a substrate in a vapor state by evaporating the high temperature superconducting material, and at the same time, a cluster beam material is formed into gas atoms by heating the cluster beam material charged in a material housing, and the formed gas atoms pass through a nozzle of an inlet of the material housing and then are sprayed and grown on the substrate in the form of the cluster beam, thereby forming pinning centers in the high temperature superconducting film. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110130292 | ROOM-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR, PERFECT CONDUCTOR, PROTONIC CONDUCTOR, FERROMAGNETIC BODY, ELECTROMAGNETIC COIL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THESE MATERIALS - There is provided a room-temperature superconductor that has a very simple structure and enters a state of superconductivity at room temperature. Also, there is provided a method for making the room-temperature superconductor. Further, there is provided a protonic conductor having superconductivity at room temperature. The room-temperature superconductor comprises a substance composed of graphene and a proton donor. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110172104 | SINGLE-COIL SUPERCONDUCTING MINIUNDULATOR - A miniundulator that includes a first bobbin and a second bobbin parallel to and spaced from the first bobbin, and a superconductive wire wound around the outer surfaces of the first bobbin and the second bobbin, and method for the assembly of the miniundulator are disclosed. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110177953 | SUPERCONDUCTING FAULT CURRENT-LIMITER WITH VARIABLE SHUNT IMPEDANCE - A superconducting fault current-limiter is provided, including a superconducting element configured to resistively or inductively limit a fault current, and one or more variable-impedance shunts electrically coupled in parallel with the superconducting element. The variable-impedance shunt(s) is configured to present a first impedance during a superconducting state of the superconducting element and a second impedance during a normal resistive state of the superconducting element. The superconducting element transitions from the superconducting state to the normal resistive state responsive to the fault current, and responsive thereto, the variable-impedance shunt(s) transitions from the first to the second impedance. The second impedance of the variable-impedance shunt(s) is a lower impedance than the first impedance, which facilitates current flow through the variable-impedance shunt(s) during a recovery transition of the superconducting element from the normal resistive state to the superconducting state, and thus, facilitates recovery of the superconducting element under load. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110212840 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SYSTEMS - We describe a superconducting magnet system for generating a uniform magnetic field. The system has at least three magnets in two sets, a first of the sets comprising an oppositely disposed pair of superconducting magnets, a second of the sets comprising at least one further magnet. The further magnet is disposed such that there exists a 3D region in which a magnet field produced by the further magnet is substantially parallel to a magnetic field produced by the pair of superconducting magnets. One of the sets of magnets is configured to produce first, bulk component of the magnetic field in the 3D region and a second of the sets of magnets is configured to produce a correction to the bulk component of the magnetic field in the 3D region to reduce a non-uniformity of the bulk component of the magnetic field in the 3D region. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110230355 | PARTICLE TRAP EMPLOYING A HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR AND AN ASSOCIATED METHOD OF TRAPPING PARTICLES - A particle trap and an associated method of trapping particles are provided. The particle trap includes a body formed of a high temperature superconductor (HTS). The body defines a cavity therethrough. The particle trap also includes first and second HTS end plates or first and second electrodes positioned at opposite ends of the cavity. At least one of the end plates or at least one of the electrodes defines at least one opening into the cavity to permit charged particles to enter and exit the cavity. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110237441 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL SUBSTRATES FOR HTS COATING ARRANGEMENTS - A method is proposed for producing a biaxially textured metal substrate having a metal surface, wherein the substrate is modified in order to produce a high-temperature superconductor coating arrangement and wherein the metal surface is modified in order to deposit a buffer layer or another intermediate layer epitaxially thereon and/or to deposit an oriented high-temperature superconductor (HTS) layer thereon. The method includes producing a biaxially textured metal substrate, subjecting the metal substrate surface to a polishing treatment, in particular an electropolishing treatment, and subjecting the metal substrate to a post-annealing after the surface polishing treatment and before a subsequent coating is performed involving epitaxial deposition of a layer of the HTS coating arrangement. This method results in smooth metal substrates with high textural overcoats and thereby improved HTS layers. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110312498 | FAULT CURRENT LIMITER - A fault current limiter that maximizes transient stability by minimizing the power swing experienced by the generator during a fault condition is disclosed. A superconducting fault current limiter (SCFCL) is used, whereby the impedance of the SCFCL changes in the presence of a fault. In parallel with the SCFCL is a shunt impedance, which is the impedance seen by the generator during the fault. By decreasing the ratio of the reactance of the shunt impedance to its resistance, the stability of the power system may be enhanced. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110319269 | CONTAINER FOR SUPERCONDUCTING APPARATUS AND SUPERCONDUCTING APPARATUS - The invention offers a container for a superconducting apparatus and a superconducting apparatus. The container mounts in it a superconducting coil as a member including a superconductor. The container is provided with a vacuum insulated container | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120015814 | HTS coated conductor with particle inclusions, and method of production of an HTS coated conductor - A high temperature superconductor (=HTS) coated conductor ( | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120035056 | Nb-DOPED PEROVSKITE FLUX PINNING OF REBCO BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS BY MOCVD - A method of making a superconducting article that involves using MOCVD to deposit onto a uniaxially or biaxially textured surface an epitaxial layer that includes a superconducting material such as REBa | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120196752 | UNDERLYING LAYER OF ALIGNMENT FILM FOR OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING CONDUCTOR AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME, AND DEVICE FOR FORMING SAME - A method of forming an underlying layer of an alignment film for an oxide superconducting conductor, includes arranging two or more kinds of targets along a lengthwise direction of a base material so as to face a surface of the base material; simultaneously irradiating an ion beam on surfaces of the two or more kinds of targets to deposit constituent particles of the targets on the surface of the base material in the order of the arrangement of the two or more kinds of targets; and forming a laminate in which two or more kinds of thin films are repeatedly laminated on the surface of the base material by passing the base material through a deposition region of the constituent particles a plurality of times so that the constituent particles of the targets are repeatedly deposited on the surface of the base material at each passage. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120208702 | COMPOSITE WITH COATED CONDUCTOR - A high-temperature superconductor composite ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120225784 | HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTROMAGNETIC COIL ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - Embodiments of a high temperature electromagnetic coil assembly are provided, as are embodiments of a method for fabricating such a high temperature electromagnetic coil assembly. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of applying a high thermal expansion ceramic coating over an anodized aluminum wire, coiling the coated anodized aluminum wire around a support structure, and curing the high thermal expansion ceramic coating after coiling to produce an electrically insulative, high thermal expansion ceramic body in which the coiled anodized aluminum wire is embedded. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120252676 | Extremely Low Resistance Compositions and Methods for Creating Same - The invention pertains to creating new extremely low resistance (“ELR”) materials, which may include high temperature superconducting (“HTS”) materials. In some implementations of the invention, an ELR material may be modified by depositing a layer of modifying material unto the ELR material to form a modified ELR material. The modified ELR material has improved operational characteristics over the ELR material alone. Such operational characteristics may include operating at increased temperatures or carrying additional electrical charge or other operational characteristics. In some implementations of the invention, the ELR material is a cuprate-perovskite, such as, but not limited to BSSCO. In some implementations of the invention, the modifying material is a conductive material that bonds easily to oxygen, such as, but not limited to, chromium. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120264612 | BUFFER LAYERS FOR REBCO FILMS FOR USE IN SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES - A superconducting article includes a substrate having a biaxially textured surface. A biaxially textured buffer layer, which can be a cap layer, is supported by the substrate. The buffer layer includes a double perovskite of the formula A | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120264613 | Fault Current Limited System with Current Splitting Device - A fault current limiter system including a fault current limiter and a variable shunt current splitting device. The current splitting device includes first and second conductive windings, wherein the first conductive winding is connected in parallel with the fault current limiter and is configured to carry current in a first direction. The second conductive winding is electrically connected in series with the fault current limiter and is configured to carry current in a second direction opposite to the first direction so that the reactance of the first winding is negated by the reactance of the second winding during steady state operation of the fault current limiter system. Thus, a first portion of a steady state current is conveyed through the fault current limiter and a second portion of the current is conveyed through the current splitting device. The steady state current load, on the fault current limiter is thereby reduced. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120316069 | SUPOERCONDUCTING FAULT CURRENT LIMITER RECOVERY SYSTEM - A superconducting fault current limiter recovery system includes a superconducting fault current limiter, a shunt electrically coupled in parallel with the superconducting fault current limiter, and a bypass path also electrically coupled in parallel with the superconducting fault current limiter. The bypass path enables a load current to flow through the bypass path during a bypass condition. Thus, load current may be quickly reestablished to serve loads after a fault condition via the bypass path while a superconductor of the superconductor fault current limiter has time to return to a superconducting state after the fault condition. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120329657 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS FROM CARBON AND HYDROGEN SOURCES - Devices and methods are described for converting a carbon source and a hydrogen source into hydrocarbons, such as alcohols, for alternative energy sources. The influents may comprise carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas or water, obtainable from the atmosphere for through methods described herein, such as plasma generation or electrolysis. One method to produce hydrocarbons comprises the use of an electrolytic device, comprising an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte. Another method comprises the use of ultrasonic energy to drive the reaction. The devices and methods and related devices and methods are useful, for example, to provide a fossil fuel alternative energy source, store renewable energy, sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, counteract global warming, and store carbon dioxide in a liquid fuel. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130085069 | SUPERCONDUCTING SWITCH - This invention is a high voltage superconductor switch comprising: a length of superconductor having a switching portion located within an air gap; a magnetic circuit including at least one flux guide having ferrite pole pieces defining an air gap in which a switching portion of a superconductor can reside in use and at least one primary magnetic flux source located within the circuit so as to provide a quenching magnetic field across the air gap via the ferrite pole pieces. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085070 | SULFUR-INDUCED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN STRONTIUM RUTHENATES - In one aspect, a method is disclosed of making a material, the method including synthesizing a composition Sr | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130130913 | Techniques for Protecting a superconducting (SC) Tape - Techniques for protecting a superconducting (SC) article are disclosed. The techniques may be realized as an apparatus for protecting a superconducting (SC) article. The apparatus may comprise a porous sleeve configured to fit around the superconducting (SC) article. The porous sleeve may be made of non-conductive, dielectric material. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130137579 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SUPERCONDUCTING CONDUCTOR, SUPERCONDUCTING CONDUCTOR, AND SUBSTRATE FOR SUPERCONDUCTING CONDUCTOR - A method for producing a superconductive conductor includes: a base material preparation process of preparing a base material having a groove formed on at least one face thereof; a superconducting layer formation process of forming a superconducting layer on a surface of the base material at a side at which the groove is formed; and a cutting process of cutting completely through the base material along the groove. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130157864 | LOW TEMPERATURE RESISTOR FOR SUPERCONDUCTOR CIRCUITS - A integrated circuit and methods for fabricating the circuit are provided. The circuit integrates at least one circuit element formed from a material that is superconducting at temperatures less than one hundred milliKelvin and at least one resistor connected to the circuit element. The resistor is formed from an alloy of transition metals that is resistive at temperatures less than one hundred milliKelvin. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130190182 | SUPER-CONDUCTIVE TUBE USED FOR A DISCHARGE DEVICE - A super-conductive tube used for a discharge device is formed integrally by a super-conductive material. The super-conductive tube is a hollow tube formed by a front end surface, a rear end surface, an inner tube wall and an outer tube wall. An interior of the super-conductive tube is formed with a hollow space and an interior of the hollow space is in a vacuum state. The inner tube wall and the outer tube wall are formed by extending the front end surface toward the rear end surface and an end of the outer tube wall is extended with a guide portion toward the discharge device. Accordingly, when the super-conductive tube is applied to a discharge device, electrical energy will be generated by the super-conductive tube through a magnetic field that results from an operation of electric current, after the discharge device has released electric energy. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20140011683 | Layered Ionic Superconductor - A composition of matter for a layered ionic superconductor comprising a plurality of layers of ions and electronic interaction charges, and having a substantially improved superconducting transition temperature is described. An aspect of the composition includes a first layer comprising a plurality of alkali ions and cesium ions in particular that is adjacent to a second layer comprising a plurality of halogen ions and fluorine ions in particular. The first and second layers contain electronic interaction charges and are separated by a predetermined perpendicular distance. Crystalline structure, ionic properties, superconducting transition temperature, and superfluid density for several embodiments including companion ionic species are described and illustrated. Methods for preparing the several embodiments are provided. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140066311 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR, AND OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR - Provided is a method for manufacturing an oxide superconductor, including preparing a coating solution containing alcohols including methanol as a solvent, the coating solution dissolving fluorocarboxylic acid salts including trifluoroacetates, the trifluoroacetates including a metal, barium and copper, the metal being selected from yttrium and lanthanoid metals (provided that cerium, praseodymium, promethium, and ruthenium are excluded); adding a substance of formula: CF | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140100112 | ELECTRODEPOSITION OF BIAXIALLY TEXTURED LAYERS ON A SUBSTRATE - Methods of producing one or more biaxially textured layer on a substrate, and articles produced by the methods, are disclosed. As exemplary method may comprise electrodepositing on the substrate a precursor material selected from the group consisting of rare earths, transition metals, actinides, lanthanides, and oxides thereof. An exemplary article may comprise a biaxially textured base material, and at least one biaxially textured layer selected from the group consisting of rare earths, transition metals, actinides, lanthanides, and oxides thereof. The at least one biaxially textured layer is formed by electrodeposition on the biaxially textured base material. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140287926 | MAGNETIC ANNEALING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a magnetic annealing apparatus including a carrier conveyance region and a workpiece conveyance region. The carrier conveyance region includes: a first mounting table where a carrier is disposed; second mounting tables where carriers are disposed to convey workpieces from the carrier conveyance region to the workpiece conveyance region; a storage unit that stores carriers; and a carrier conveyance mechanism that performs carrying-out/carrying-in of the carriers. The workpiece conveyance region includes: an aligner device that aligns workpieces; a workpiece boat that holds plural groups of workpieces; a workpiece conveyance mechanism that conveys the workpieces from the carriers disposed on the second mounting tables to the workpiece boat via the aligner device; a heating unit that heats the workpieces; a magnetic field generating unit that applies a magnetic field to the workpieces; and a transfer mechanism that transfers the workpieces held by the workpiece boat into the magnetic field generating unit. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140336053 | EXTREMELY LOW RESISTANCE FILMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING AND CREATING SAME - Operational characteristics of an extremely low resistance (“ELR”) film comprised of an ELR material may be improved by depositing a modifying material onto appropriate surfaces of the ELR film to create a modified ELR film. In some implementations of the invention, the ELR film may be in the form of a “c-film.” In some implementations of the invention, the ELR film may be in the form of an “a-b film,” an “a-film” or a “b-film.” The modified ELR film has improved operational characteristics over the ELR film alone or without the modifying material. Such operational characteristics may include operating in an ELR state at increased temperatures, carrying additional electrical charge, operating with improved magnetic properties, operating with improved mechanic properties or other improved operational characteristics. In some implementations of the invention, the ELR material is a mixed-valence copper-oxide perovskite, such as, but not limited to YBCO. In some implementations of the invention, the modifying material is a conductive material that bonds easily to oxygen, such as, but not limited to, chromium. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140357490 | FAULT CURRENT LIMITER SYSTEM WITH CURRENT SPLITTING DEVICE - A fault current limiter system including a fault current limiter and a variable shunt current splitting device. The current splitting device includes first and second conductive windings, wherein the first conductive winding is connected in parallel with the fault current limiter and is configured to carry current in a first direction. The second conductive winding is electrically connected in series with the fault current limiter and is configured to carry current in a second direction opposite to the first direction so that the reactance of the first winding is negated by the reactance of the second winding during steady state operation of the fault current limiter system. Thus, a first portion of a steady state current is conveyed through the fault current limiter and a second portion of the current is conveyed through the current splitting device. The steady state current load on the fault current limiter is thereby reduced. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150072863 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS - Known processes for the production of nanoparticles of compounds of the transition metals Zr, Ti, Ta, rare earths (RE), Mn, and Fe via microemulsions lead to products that contain impurities from the reactants, particularly water, which make the further use of said nanoparticles difficult, for instance in high-temperature super conductors (HTSC). It is proposed that the nanoparticles be produced via anhydrous microemulsions having an outer phase composed of a nonpolar solvent and inner phase composed of a polar anhydrous solvent. The nanoparticles thus obtained exhibit good monodispersity and can be used in the production of REBa | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150294776 | PULSED ACTIVATION OF TRAPPED FIELD MAGNETS - A system for activating trapped field magnets in a superconducting material is disclosed. The system includes a superconducting material element and an electromagnet source disposed proximate the superconducting material element. The electromagnet source is configured to produce a magnetic field pulse sufficient to activate the superconducting material element. Furthermore, substantially all of a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field pulse is contained within an area that has smaller physical lateral dimensions than the superconducting material element. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150303368 | METHOD OF REPAIRING DEFECT IN SUPERCONDUCTING FILM, METHOD OF COATING SUPERCONDUCTING FILM, AND SUPERCONDUCTING FILM FORMED BY THE METHOD - A method of repairing defect in a superconducting film, a method of coating a superconducting film, and a superconducting film formed by the method are prepared. The method of repairing defect includes detecting the superconducting film during a manufacturing process thereof. When a defect therein is detected, a repairing structure with superconductivity is formed on a position of the defect. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160087427 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE CURRENT LIMITING ELEMENT OF CURRENT LIMITER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUPERCONDUCTIVE CURRENT LIMITING ELEMENT OF CURRENT LIMITER - Disclosed are a superconducting current-limiting element for a current limiter and a method of manufacturing a superconducting current-limiting element for a current limiter, in which the current-limiting element is formed in series by stacking linear superconducting wires, or is formed in parallel by stacking superconducting wires so that one or more superconducting wires are disposed in the same layer, thus facilitating the formation of the current-limiting element in series or in parallel and obviating the use of a winding machine when manufacturing the current-limiting element. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160093420 | ARTIFICIALLY-STRUCTURED SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS - A composite medium may be artificially structured to enhance electron-phonon coupling in the composite medium, whereby to enhance a Cooper pairing instability in the composite medium. This yields a composite superconductor with superconducting properties (energy gap, critical temperature, etc.) more robust than the superconducting properties of the constituent media. The electron-phonon coupling may be enhanced by increasing the phononic density of states in the composite medium, by introducing hyperbolic phononic dispersion, phononic van Hove singularities, and/or reduced phonon group velocities. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160141483 | HIGHLY CONDUCTING MATERIAL - The present invention concerns electrically conductive nanocomposites. More specifically the electrical conductance of graphitic material can be improved significantly by a molecular coating that has well defined repeating structure. Even superconductivity of these materials may be possible at technologically meaningful temperatures. | 05-19-2016 |
