Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
505211000 | Electrical energy storage device (e.g., accumulator, etc.), inductor, transformer, magnetic switch, magnetic ring, sphere, coil, or magnetic arrangement | 74 |
20090011940 | System and method for using a vacuum core high temperature superconducting resonator - A system for resonating. In one aspect, the system may include a temperature controlled, vacuum chamber. The chamber may include a primary superconductive coil having first and second ends and wrapped around a first non-conductive cylindrical form, where each of the first and second ends of the primary superconductive coil is coupled to a terminal of a driver, a secondary superconductive coil having first and second ends and wrapped around a second non-conductive cylindrical form, where a first end is coupled to a ground, and a tertiary superconductive coil having first and second ends and wrapped around a third non-conductive cylindrical form, where a first end is connected to a top load and a second end is coupled to the second end of the secondary superconductive coil. In one aspect, the top load is connected to an electrode, at least a portion of the electrode is located outside the chamber, and the first non-conductive cylindrical form at least partially surrounds the second non-conductive cylindrical form. | 01-08-2009 |
20090093370 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL AND SUPERCONDUCTING CONDUCTOR FOR USE THEREIN - The invention offers a superconducting coil that has the shape of a pancake formed by winding a superconducting conductor. The superconducting conductor is composed of a tape-shaped (Bi, Pb)2223-based superconducting wire and a tape-shaped thin-film RE123-based superconducting wire that are electrically connected in parallel with each other. The coil generates only a low voltage in the steady-operation state, limits the generated voltage to a low level even in a state where an external disturbance enters for some reason, and is therefore less susceptible to quenching. Consequently, the coil can be operated stably in both states. The invention also offers a superconducting conductor to be used to form the coil. | 04-09-2009 |
20090118126 | SUPERCONDUCTOR INDUCTION COIL - An induction heating apparatus that can operate at current frequencies of greater than 60 Hz and at least 1 kW. The induction heating apparatus includes a high frequency power supply, a superconductive induction coil, and a fluid cooling system. A fluid cooling system is designed to cause a cooling fluid to flow at least partially about and/or through the superconductive induction coil. | 05-07-2009 |
20090170708 | SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE AND SUPERCONDUCTING COIL MADE THEREWITH - Tape-shaped superconducting wires, and a superconducting coil formed from said wires, wherein a plurality of electrically separated superconducting film parts, each having a rectangular cross section and arranged in parallel, form parallel conductors, providing superconducting wires capable of containing losses incurred in the presence of alternating current (A/C). A superconducting coil is made by winding the superconducting wires, wherein the coil structure contains at least a part wherein perpendicular interlinkage magnetic fluxes acting among conductor elements of the parallel conductors by the distribution of magnetic fields generated by the superconducting coils cancel mutually in order to contain circulating current within the wires and to make shunt current uniform, thereby providing a low-loss A/C superconducting coil. | 07-02-2009 |
20090176649 | Permanent Current Switch - There is disclosed a permanent current switch which has a high temperature margin and which is thermally stable and which securely performs a switching operation between a superconducting state and a normal conducting state. The permanent current switch of the present invention has a coiled superconducting wire and a heater wire which switches the superconducting wire between the superconducting state and the normal conducting state, the superconducting wire is a magnesium diboride superconducting wire having a high-resistance metal on an outer side and a magnesium diboride superconducting portion on an inner side and prepared by forming a superconducting metal on a layer between the high-resistance metal and the magnesium diboride superconducting portion, and the permanent current switch further comprises a superconductive connecting section superconductively connected to a lead wire guided from the superconducting wire and a superconducting wire for a wiring line. | 07-09-2009 |
20090264295 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL HAVING A GRANULAR SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTION - A superconducting coil comprises a plurality of windings. Each winding comprises at least one superconducting segment having an exposed area containing a granular superconducting substance. A junction electrically connects at least one superconducting segment of one winding to at least one superconducting segment of another winding. The junction is formed by coupling the granular superconducting substance of the exposed area of the at least one superconducting segment of the one winding to the granular superconducting substance of the exposed area of the at least one superconducting segment of the other winding. In an embodiment, the exposed areas are positioned to face each other. | 10-22-2009 |
20100029487 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL AND SUPERCONDUCTOR USED FOR THE SAME - A low-cost superconducting coil which can generate a high magnetic field at comparatively high temperature is provided. The superconducting coil is formed in a pancake shape by winding a superconducting conductor that is made by electrically connecting a tape-shaped (Bi,Pb)2223 superconducting wire and a tape-shaped RE123 superconducting wire in series such that the tape-shaped (Bi,Pb)2223 superconducting wire is arranged in the outer circumferential part and the tape-shaped RE123 superconducting wire is arranged in the internal circumferential part. | 02-04-2010 |
20100144537 | SMES SYSTEM, INTERFACE DEVICE FOR SMES AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A loss can be reduced upon a current holding operation of a SMES. A superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) system includes a loop composed of a superconducting coil, a thyristor, and a synchronous rectification circuit, and a loop current flow through the loop. In a loop current hold mode, a switching control device of the synchronous rectification circuit turns on the thyristor, and the synchronous rectification circuit compensates for the loop current by rectifying an AC current from an AC power source to generate a DC current. | 06-10-2010 |
20100323900 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL APPARATUS - It is desired to perform assemble, disassemble, maintenance and the like, especially of a large site superconducting coil device, in a short time. The superconducting coil device includes a plurality of coil units arranged in a circle circumference to form a toroidal shape. Each of the plurality of coil units includes a cryostat and a superconducting coil stored in the cryostat, and has a first surface parallel with a radius of the circle circumference and a second surface parallel with the radius of the circle circumference and arranged in a first direction side of the circle circumference to the first surface. The first surface contacts with the second surface of a coil unit adjacent in one direction among the plurality of coil units. The second surface contacts with the first surface of a coil unit adjacent in other direction among the plurality of coil units. | 12-23-2010 |
20110028327 | Superconducting Circuit, Production Method of Superconducting Joints, Superconducting Magnet, and Production Method of Superconducting Magnet - A superconducting circuit including a superconducting joint that joints a niobium titanium superconducting wire having a structure where a filament made of niobium titanium alloy is arranged in a matrix made of copper or copper alloy and other superconducting wire, in which a volume ratio or a surface density of an α-Ti precipitation in the niobium titanium alloy of the filament in the superconducting joint is smaller than the volume ratio or the surface density of the α-Ti precipitation in the niobium titanium alloy of the filament in the niobium titanium superconducting wire in a portion other than the superconducting joint. | 02-03-2011 |
20110118123 | SUPER-CONDUCTIVE NANOPARTICLE, SUPER-CONDUCTIVE NANOPARTICLE POWDER, AND LITHIUM BATTERY COMPRISING THE POWDER - A super-conductive nanoparticle, a super-conductive nanoparticle powder, and a lithium battery including the super-conductive nanoparticle powder. | 05-19-2011 |
20110287942 | FAULT CURRENT SUPERCONDUCTIVE LIMITER - The present invention concerns a superconducting fault current limiter ( | 11-24-2011 |
20120004109 | MAGNET ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF THE MAGNET ASSEMBLIES - A magnet assembly is provided. The magnet assembly comprises a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field and an iron shield configured to shield the magnet. The magnet assembly further comprises one or more positive temperature coefficient heaters disposed on the iron shield and configured to stabilize temperature of the iron shield. An iron shield assembly and a method for temperature control of the magnet assembly are also presented. | 01-05-2012 |
20120004110 | MAGNESIUM DIBORIDE SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - It is an objective of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing long lengths of MgB | 01-05-2012 |
20120010083 | SUPERCONDUCTING OSCILLATOR - An oscillator and method for applying a time-varying force to a magnet is provided. The oscillator includes a superconductor material at a temperature. The superconductor material is in a superconducting state in the presence of an external magnetic field below a critical field strength, wherein the critical field strength is a function of the temperature of the superconductor material. The oscillator further includes at least one magnetic field source configured to apply a magnetic field having a time-varying field strength to the superconductor material. The time-varying field strength cycles between at least a first field strength below the critical field strength for the superconductor material at the temperature and at least a second field strength above the critical field strength for the superconductor material at the temperature, such that the superconductor material cycles between a superconducting state and a non-superconducting state. | 01-12-2012 |
20120028807 | OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING COIL, OXIDE-SUPERCONDUCTING-COIL ASSEMBLY, AND ROTATING MACHINE - The invention offers a superconducting coil, which is an oxide superconducting coil | 02-02-2012 |
20120040839 | Fault Current Limiter - A fault current limiter (FCL) includes a series of high permeability posts for collectively define a core for the FCL. A DC coil, for the purposes of saturating a portion of the high permeability posts, surrounds the complete structure outside of an enclosure in the form of a vessel. The vessel contains a dielectric insulation medium. AC coils, for transporting AC current, are wound on insulating formers and electrically interconnected to each other in a manner such that the senses of the magnetic field produced by each AC coil in the corresponding high permeability core are opposing. There are insulation barriers between phases to improve dielectric withstand properties of the dielectric medium. | 02-16-2012 |
20120094840 | REFRIGERATOR COOLING-TYPE SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET - Magnetic field attenuation in a persistent current mode operation is prevented, heat generation at a connecting part between the persistent current switch and the superconducting coil, and increase in a cooling temperature of the superconducting coil in a current supplying mode is suppressed to a minimum. | 04-19-2012 |
20120115732 | SUPERCONDUCTOR WINDING - This invention relates to a superconducting electrical machine, comprising: a superconducting winding at least partially surrounded by a magnetic flux guide, wherein the magnetic flux guide includes a binder loaded with a magnetic material. | 05-10-2012 |
20120122697 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL - A superconducting coil is provided with a super-conducting coil portion having a plurality of concentric coil layer portions. The superconducting coil portion is formed by winding a thin-film superconducting wire and an insulating material with a multilayer structure, wherein the concentric coil layer portions are adjacent to each other at boundary portions having adhesive force that are set to be less than that of other portions. The concentric coil layer portions each has a non-circular shape or circular shape. | 05-17-2012 |
20120135868 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET ASSEMBLY AND FABRICATING METHOD - A superconducting magnet assembly includes a bobbin comprising a central bore along a longitudinal direction, and a superconducting coil package wound on the bobbin. The superconducting coil package includes a plurality of superconducting coil layers wound on the bobbin, a plurality of supporting member layers, each of the supporting member layers being between a corresponding two adjacent superconducting coil layers, and a thermal conduction layer between two superconducting coil layers or between a superconducting coil layer and an adjacent supporting member layer. | 05-31-2012 |
20120142538 | Superconducting Coil - A superconducting coil includes (a) a plurality of windings of a coil comprising high-temperature superconductors and (b) an electrically conductive channel in which the high-temperature superconductors are mounted. The high-temperature superconductors can comprise at least one of the following: Ba | 06-07-2012 |
20120149579 | Precursor for a Nb3Sn superconductor wire, method for manufacturing the same, Nb3Sn superconductor wire, and superconducting magnet system - A precursor for a Nb | 06-14-2012 |
20120149580 | Method of Manufacturing a Solenoidal Magnet, and a Solenoidal Magnet Structure - A method of manufacturing a solenoidal magnet structure, comprising the steps of providing a collapsible mold in which to wind coils; winding wire into defined positions ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120214673 | Superconducting element with elongated opening and method for manufacturing a superconducting element - A superconducting element (SE | 08-23-2012 |
20120214674 | SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTROMAGNETS COMPRISING COILS BONDED TO A SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A superconducting electromagnet comprising coils of superconducting wire bonded to a support structure, and wherein heating elements are provided in thermal contact with the support structure for heating the support structure. | 08-23-2012 |
20120231958 | OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING BULK MAGNET MEMBER - An oxide superconducting bulk magnet member includes a plurality of bulk sections that have outer circumferences with outer circumferential dimensions different from each other and are disposed in a manner such that among the outer circumferences, an outer circumference in which the outer circumferential dimension is relatively large surrounds a small outer circumference; and interposed sections that are disposed between a pair of the bulk sections that are adjacent to each other, wherein a gap is formed between the bulk sections adjacent to each other, each of the bulk sections is an oxide bulk in which an RE | 09-13-2012 |
20120252679 | FLUX PUMP - The invention provides a flux pump that includes a plurality of superconducting materials arranged to form at least one superconducting loop, at least one of the components being made of a superconductor that includes particles made of a superconductive material and a conductive material selected to be driven to a superconductive state when in proximity to the superconductive material, an unbroken section of the conductive material being located sufficiently close to a plurality of the particles to be driven to a superconductive state by the superconductive material. | 10-04-2012 |
20130029849 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SYSTEM - A superconducting magnet system includes a coil support structure, superconducting coils, and electrically and thermally conductive windings. The superconducting coils and the conductive windings are supported by the coil support structure. Each conductive winding is electromagnetically coupled with a corresponding superconducting coil. Each conductive winding is electrically shorted. | 01-31-2013 |
20130040819 | ELECTRODE UNIT JOINING STRUCTURE FOR SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE, SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE, AND SUPERCONDUCTING COIL - An electrode unit joining structure for a superconducting wire includes: a superconducting wire comprising a first base member, a first superconducting layer provided on the first base member, and a first electroconductive layer provided on the first superconducting layer; an electrode provided on the first electroconductive layer at an end portion of the superconducting wire; and a superconducting cover tape comprising a second base member, a second superconducting layer provided on the second base member, and a second electroconductive layer provided on the second superconducting layer, the superconducting cover tape being provided so as to cover at least part of the electrode, wherein the second electroconductive layer of the superconducting cover tape is disposed on the electrode side, and the electrode, the superconducting wire, and the superconducting cover tape are electrically connected to each other. | 02-14-2013 |
20130065767 | Method for manufacturing a magnet coil configuration using a slit band-shaped conductor - A magnet coil configuration ( | 03-14-2013 |
20130090244 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL, ROTATING DEVICE, AND SUPERCONDUCTING COIL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A superconducting coil and a rotating device, the performances of which are improved, and a superconducting coil manufacturing method are provided. A superconducting coil | 04-11-2013 |
20130096008 | SUPERCONDUCTOR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a superconductor switching arrangement, including: a superconductor having a plurality of first connection zones and at least one second connection zone, the first and second connection zones being connectable by at least one superconducting path in use, a quenching device which is operable to selectively quench portions of the superconductor so as to remove the superconducting path between at least two of the first connection zones and the at least one second connection zone. | 04-18-2013 |
20130102473 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A superconducting magnet includes a superconducting wire including magnesium diboride; a superconducting coil where a part of the superconducting wire is wound; and a joint where an end of the superconducting wire and an end of another superconducting wire are connected and united. The joint includes a sintered body including magnesium diboride, an averaged particle diameter of magnesium diboride at the joint of the superconducting wire is greater than an averaged particle diameter of the magnesium diboride at the part where the superconducting wire is wound. | 04-25-2013 |
20130130914 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR MAGNET SYSTEM - The invention relates to a high-temperature superconductor (HTS) magnet system, preferably for an insertion device for generation of high-intensity synchrotron radiation, consisting of the coil body ( | 05-23-2013 |
20130190186 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET DEVICE AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM - A superconducting magnet device and a magnetic resonance imaging system not only avoid the need for costly aluminum alloy formers but also lower quench pressure effectively, have a baffle covering the former and the coil, with a gap between the baffle and the coil. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190187 | FAST-CYCLING, CONDUCTION-COOLED, QUASI-ISOTHERMAL, SUPERCONDUCTING FAULT CURRENT LIMITER - Fault Current Limiters (FCL) provide protection for upstream and/or downstream devices in electric power grids. Conventional FCL require the use of expensive conductors and liquid or gas cryogen handling. Disclosed embodiments describe FCL systems and devices that use lower cost superconductors, require no liquid cryogen, and are fast cycling. These improved FCL can sustain many sequential faults and require less time to clear faults while avoiding the use of liquid cryogen. Disclosed embodiments describe a FCL with a superconductor and cladding cooled to cryogenic temperatures; these are connected in parallel with a second resistor across two nodes in a circuit. According to disclosed embodiments, the resistance of the superconducting components and its sheath in the fault mode are sufficiently high to minimize energy deposition within the cryogenic system, minimizing recovery time. A scheme for intermediate heat storage also is described which allows a useful compromise between conductor length enabled energy minimization and allowable number of sequential faults to enable an overall system design which is affordable, and yet allows conduction cooled (cryogen free) systems which have fast recovery and allows for multiple sequential faults. | 07-25-2013 |
20140005053 | CURRENT-RISE LIMITATION IN HIGH-VOLTAGE DC SYSTEMS | 01-02-2014 |
20140031235 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL, SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUPERCONDUCTING COIL - An inner circumferential portion is formed by winding one of first and second superconducting wires each having a band shape. An outer circumferential portion is formed by winding the other of the first and second superconducting wires around the inner circumferential portion. A welding portion joins the first and second superconducting wires to each other by welding between the inner circumferential portion and the outer circumferential portion. The first superconducting wire is higher in strength than the second superconducting wire. The second superconducting wire is smaller in thickness than the first superconducting wire. | 01-30-2014 |
20140100116 | Inductive fault current limiter with divided secondary coil configuration - An inductive fault current limiter ( | 04-10-2014 |
20140135223 | METHOD FOR JOINING SUPERCONDUCTING WIRES, AND SUPERCONDUCTING JOINT - The method comprises stripping matrix material from superconducting wires to expose superconducting filaments, placing the filaments between electrically conductive pieces, and applying magnetic welding to the electrically conductive pieces. The resulting superconducting joint comprises the filaments cold welded with molecular bonds between each other and between the filaments and the two electrically conductive pieces. | 05-15-2014 |
20140155269 | OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR WIRE AND SUPERCONDUCTING COIL - An oxide superconductor wire includes: a superconductor laminate that comprises a substrate which is formed in a tape shape and an intermediate layer, an oxide superconductor layer, and a metal stabilizing layer which are laminated on the substrate; and an insulating coating layer that covers an outside surface of the superconductor laminate, Also, either the entire outside surface or the entire inside surface of the insulating coating layer is coated with a coating layer formed of a fluororesin. | 06-05-2014 |
20140194294 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUPERCONDUCTING COILS AND APPARATUS HAVING A SUPERCONDUCTING COIL PRODUCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE METHOD - The present invention relates to a method for producing superconducting coils ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140213458 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL BODY AND SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICE - A superconducting coil body and a superconducting device are provided so as to achieve reduction of loss. A superconducting coil body includes: an inner circumferential coil body serving as a coil main body portion in which a superconducting wire is wound; and a first magnetic body serving as a magnetic circuit member. The magnetic circuit member is formed of a magnetic body, and is disposed to face the upper surface of the inner circumferential coil body, the upper surface being positioned at an end surface side thereof crossing a main surface of the superconducting wire in the inner circumferential coil body. The first magnetic body is used to form a magnetic circuit for permitting magnetic flux, which is generated by a current flowing in the coil main body portion, to travel around the current. | 07-31-2014 |
20140221215 | PRECURSOR FOR A NB3SN SUPERCONDUCTOR WIRE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, NB3SN SUPERCONDUCTOR WIRE, AND SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SYSTEM - A precursor for a Nb | 08-07-2014 |
20140235451 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL PROTECTION METHOD AND SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for protecting a superconducting coil, which method prevents damage to the superconducting coil caused by a quench or the like, in a new way, without using a voltage (a change in voltage) generated in the superconducting coil. Provided is the method for protecting a superconducting coil made by winding tape-like superconducting wire having a superconducting layer. Power from a power supply is shut off based on the magnitude of a screening field, which is a difference between a measured magnetic field B in a direction of a thickness of the superconducting wire at a predetermined position, and a magnetic field Bcal in the direction of the thickness of the superconducting wire calculated disregarding an effect of screening current. | 08-21-2014 |
20140243207 | Superconducting flat tape cable magnet - A method for winding a coil magnet with the stacked tape cables, and a coil so wound. The winding process is controlled and various shape coils can be wound by twisting about the longitudinal axis of the cable and bending following the easy bend direction during winding, so that sharp local bending can be obtained by adjusting the twist pitch. Stack-tape cable is twisted while being wound, instead of being twisted in a straight configuration and then wound. In certain embodiments, the straight length should be half of the cable twist-pitch or a multiple of it. | 08-28-2014 |
20140287927 | COIL SUPPORT MEMBERS - A method of manufacturing a coil support member in which a thermosetting or thermoplastic material is introduced into a mould cavity and hardened, wherein one or more components are positioned within the mould cavity during the manufacturing process before the thermosetting or thermoplastic material is introduced, the components are then embedded in the thermosetting or thermoplastic material and form an integral part of the coil support member, and one or more functional filler materials are added to the thermosetting or thermoplastic material to improve the thermal matching between the integral components and the thermosetting or thermoplastic material. | 09-25-2014 |
20140302996 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING VORTEX PINNING BY CONFORMAL CRYSTAL ARRAYS - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for strongly enhancing vortex pinning by conformal crystal arrays. The conformal crystal array is constructed by a conformal transformation of a hexagonal lattice, producing a non-uniform structure with a gradient where the local six-fold coordination of the pinning sites is preserved, and with an arching effect. The conformal pinning arrays produce significantly enhanced vortex pinning over a much wider range of field than that found for other vortex pinning geometries with an equivalent number of vortex pinning sites, such as random, square, and triangular. | 10-09-2014 |
20140329689 | SUPERCONDUCTING-MAGNET ADJUSTMENT METHOD - There are provided the steps of: measuring a magnetic field in a predetermined space; and performing shimming by arranging a plurality of ferromagnetic shims in a superconducting magnet. The step of shimming includes arranging the plurality of shims at positions that make the magnetic field homogeneous, based on a result of measurement in the step of measuring the magnetic field and that provide a predetermined value of an electromagnetic force caused by the magnetic field to act on the plurality of shims. | 11-06-2014 |
20140357494 | VIBRATION ISOLATION FOR SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS - A mounting plate for locating under a superconducting magnet structure, between the superconducting magnet structure and a supporting surface of a mobile carrier, is controllable between two different states. In a first state, the mount provides rigid attachment and precise location of the superconducting magnet structure onto the supporting surface of the mobile carrier. In a second state, the mount provides vibration isolation between the superconducting magnet and the mobile carrier. | 12-04-2014 |
20140357495 | SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE AND SUPERCONDUCTING COIL - A superconductor wire includes: a superconducting laminate that includes: a substrate and an intermediate layer; a superconductor layer, and a metal stabilization layer which are laminated on the substrate; and an insulation coating layer that covers an outer surface of the superconducting laminate and is formed by baking a resin material. Further, a maximum height Rz of at least a part of the outer surface of the superconducting laminate covered with the insulation coating layer is 890 nm or less. | 12-04-2014 |
20150018220 | Persistent-Mode MRI Magnet Fabricated From Reacted, Monofilamentary MgB2 Wires And Joints - A superconducting magnet and method for making a superconducting magnet, are presented. The superconducting magnet is made by forming a coil from windings of a first wire comprising a reacted MgB | 01-15-2015 |
20150024941 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE SAME - A superconducting magnet includes a pair of superconducting coils, two heat shields surrounding the pair of superconducting coils, respectively, two vacuum chambers accommodating the two heat shields, respectively, and facing each other with a predetermined space sandwiched therebetween, a magnetic shield covering at least a portion of the two vacuum chambers, and two position adjustment mechanisms supporting the two vacuum chambers, respectively, in a position-adjustable manner. The two position adjustment mechanisms change distribution of a static magnetic field formed in the predetermined space by the pair of superconducting coils, by adjusting relative positional relation between the two vacuum chambers. | 01-22-2015 |
20150057158 | SUPERCONDUCTING DC REACTOR - A DC reactor consisting of a coil formed of a superconducting material is provided. It is possible to reduce leakage reactance and to increase critical current by using a coil formed of a high temperature superconducting material and forming a first bobbin of the DC reactor as a toroid shape. | 02-26-2015 |
20150065350 | SUPERCONDUCTOR COIL ARRANGEMENT - A coil arrangement formed from a stripe-shaped superconductor assembly is composed of metal substrate ( | 03-05-2015 |
20150072864 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SYSTEM - A superconducting magnet system includes a coil support structure, superconducting coils, and electrically and thermally conductive windings. The superconducting coils and the conductive windings are supported by the coil support structure. Each conductive winding is electromagnetically coupled with a corresponding superconducting coil. Each conductive winding is electrically shorted. | 03-12-2015 |
20150080224 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET - A coil unit is formed of an oxide superconducting wire having a surface in a form of a strip and wound. A residual magnetic field restraint unit is disposed in the coil unit. The residual magnetic field restraint unit has a throughhole extending in an axial direction of the coil unit. The residual magnetic field restraint unit is formed of a magnetic substance. A residual magnetic field can thus be restrained. | 03-19-2015 |
20150133304 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING COIL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - There is provided a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) coil and a method of manufacturing the same, allowing simple and excellent affixation between side panels for cooling the superconducting coil and the HTS coil while inhibiting delamination of an HTS wire. | 05-14-2015 |
20150313046 | Superconducting Circuits with Reduced Microwave Absorption - Provided are superconducting circuits, methods of operating these superconducting circuits, and methods of determining processing conditions for operating these superconducting circuits. A superconducting circuit includes a superconducting element, a conducting element, and a dielectric element disposed between the superconducting element and the conducting element. The conducting element may be another superconducting element, a resonating element, or a conducting casing. During operation of the superconducting element a direct current (DC) voltage is applied between the superconducting element and the conducting element. This application of the DC voltage reduces average microwave absorption of the dielectric element. In some embodiments, when the DC voltage is first applied, the microwave absorption may initially rise and then fall below the no-voltage absorption level. The DC voltage level may be determined by testing the superconducting circuit at different DC voltage levels and selecting the one with the lowest microwave absorption. | 10-29-2015 |
20150318083 | OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR WIRE - An oxide superconductor wire including: an oxide superconductor laminate comprising: a tape-shaped substrate, an interlayer laminated on the substrate, an oxide superconductor layer laminated on the interlayer, and a protection layer which is formed of Ag or an Ag alloy and laminated on the oxide superconductor layer; and a stabilization layer which is formed of a metal tape and formed on the protection layer of the superconductor laminate via a low melting point metal layer, wherein the thickness of the protection layer is 5 μM or less, and wherein a volume resistivity of the stabilization layer at room temperature is no less than 3.8 μΩ·cm and no more than 15 μΩ·cm. | 11-05-2015 |
20150318099 | SUPERCONDUTING COIL DEVICE COMPRISING COIL WINDING AND CONTACTS - A superconducting coil device includes at least one coil winding, including at least one first and one second superconducting strip conductor, the first and second strip conductors each having a superconducting layer and a contact side provided with a contact layer; at least one first contact electrically connecting the contact side of the first strip conductor to an external circuit via a first contact piece; at least one second contact electrically connecting the contact side of the second strip conductor to the external circuit via a second contact piece; and a third contact electrically connecting the first and second strip conductors via the contact layer of the first and the second strip conductor within the coil winding, wherein the contact side of the first strip conductor has a different orientation relative to a center of the coil winding than the contact side of second strip conductor. | 11-05-2015 |
20150340139 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE COIL DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A superconductive coil device has a cylindrical carrier body at least two coil windings of a superconductive strip conductor that has a doubly connected topology and a continuous superconductive layer inside the doubly connected topology, and two conductor branches in two oppositely directed helical windings around the cylindrical carrier body. In a production method for such a superconductive coil device, the superconductive strip conductor with the doubly connected topology is produced by slitting a carrier strip along the length of the superconductive strip conductor, before or after applying the superconductive layer, and the slitted superconductive strip conductor is then wound on the cylinder carrier body in oppositely directed helical windings. | 11-26-2015 |
20150340140 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE ELECTROMAGNET AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY APPARATUS - A superconductive electromagnet according to an embodiment includes a pair of main coils that have an annular shape, a pair of magnetic poles that are arranged on an inner peripheral side of the main coils, and that respectively have opposing surfaces which are planes opposing each other while being separated from each other in an axial direction of the main coils, and a pair of correction coils that are arranged between a pair of the magnetic poles. In this manner, density of a magnetic flux generated by the main coils is corrected by density of a magnetic flux generated by the correction coils. Accordingly, it is possible to realize improved uniformity in the density of the magnetic flux in a beam duct inside a deflection electromagnet. | 11-26-2015 |
20150340141 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE ELECTROMAGNET DEVICE - A superconductive electromagnet includes a first coil portion that is arranged close to a gap of a yoke, a second coil portion that is arranged farther from the gap than the first coil portion, and first and second power sources that supply currents to the first and second coil portions, respectively. This configuration can change respective values of the currents flowing in the first and second coil portions. The value of the current flowing in the first coil portion is set to be greater than the value of the current flowing in the second coil portion, thereby increasing distribution of the value of the current flowing in the first coil portion and decreasing distribution of the current flowing in the second coil portion. When a magnetomotive force generated by the superconductive coil is applied in the same manner, a cross-sectional area of the second coil portion is reduced. | 11-26-2015 |
20150357091 | RE123-BASED SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An RE123-based superconducting wire of the invention includes: a substrate; an intermediate layer provided above the substrate; and an oxide superconducting layer that is provided above the intermediate layer and is made of an oxide superconductor expressed by a composition formula of RE | 12-10-2015 |
20150357814 | Fault Current Limiter - A fault current limiter is provided for connection to a three phase AC supply. The fault current limiter comprises a first inductor for connection to a first phase of the AC supply; a second inductor for connection to a second phase of the AC supply; a third inductor for connection to a third phase of the AC supply. Each of the first, second and third inductors comprises a coil, and each of the coils of the first, second and third inductors is such that the self-reactance of each of the first, second and third inductors are substantially equal to a first reactance value. Furthermore, the coils of each of the first, second and third inductors are arranged such that the mutual reactance between each pair of inductors is substantially equal to a second reactance value, and the second reactance value is substantially equal to the first reactance value. | 12-10-2015 |
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20160005518 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING COIL AND SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICE - A high-temperature superconducting coil according to the invention includes an oxide superconducting wire including a tape-shaped substrate, an intermediate layer being stacked on the substrate, an oxide superconducting layer being stacked on the intermediate layer, and a metal stabilized layer being stacked on the oxide superconducting layer; a coil main body being formed by winding the oxide superconducting wire in a coil shape; and an impregnated resin layer being formed of an impregnated resin of which a thermal shrinkage rate indicating a rate of change of a length when cooling is performed from 293 K to 140 K is greater than or equal to −0.517%, the impregnated resin layer covering the coil main body. | 01-07-2016 |
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20160064128 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL DEVICE WITH CONTINUOUS CURRENT SWITCH AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING - A coil device with at least one electrical coil winding with superconducting conductor material and a vacuum container is described in which the vacuum container surrounds the coil winding. The coil winding is part of a self-contained circuit for the formation of a continuous current. The closed circuit has a switchable conductor section, the conductor of which can be switched between a superconducting state and a normally conducting state by a magnetic device. The magnetic device has an internal part arranged inside the vacuum container and an external part arranged outside the vacuum container. | 03-03-2016 |
20160118172 | Superconducting Coil Device With Coil Winding And Production Method - A superconducting coil device includes a superconducting flat conductor having one or more torsional turns. The flat conductor is wound around a winding support to define multiple turns of the conductor around the support. In at least one of the turns, the flat conductor is twisted through approximately 180 degrees about a longitudinal axis of the flat conductor, to thereby switch a contact side of the flat conductor from radially inwardly facing to radially outwardly facing, or vice versa. The contact side of the flat conductor at an inner turn faces a center of the winding and, and at an outer turn faces away from the center of the winding. The inwardly-facing contact side of the strip at an inner turn may be coupled to an inner contact element, and the outwardly-facing contact side at an outer turn may be conductively coupled to an outer contact element. | 04-28-2016 |