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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129700 | LINEAR MACHINE HAVING A PRIMARY PART AND A SECONDARY PART A linear machine comprises a primary part and a secondary part. The primary part forms a receptacle around an axis and has a plurality of annular primary coils, which are arranged concentrically with respect to the axis, can have alternating current applied to them, and... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120046174 | SUPERCONDUCTING AC GENERATOR An alternating current (AC) generator and method of operating the generator are provided. The generator includes a pair of two opposing cylinders. Each cylinder includes a high-temperature superconductor material at a temperature. The superconductor material is in a sup... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120021916 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HEATING SHEET MATERIAL A method and an apparatus for heating a sheet material made of an electrically conductive, non-magnetic material, the apparatus including at least one coil arrangement with DC-carrying windings that is made to rotate around an axis oriented perpendicular to the sheet ma... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120010082 | SUPERCONDUCTING V-TYPE MOTOR A motor and method of operation are provided. The motor includes a plurality of cylinders, wherein at least two of the cylinders are positioned at a non-zero angle relative to one another. Each cylinder includes a piston configured to move within the cylinder and a high... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010081 | SUPERCONDUCTING ROTARY MOTOR A motor and a method of operating the motor are provided. The motor includes a stator including a high-temperature superconductor material at a temperature. The superconductor material is in a superconducting state in the presence of an external magnetic field below a c... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010080 | SUPERCONDUCTING MOTOR A motor and a method of operating the motor are provided. The motor includes a plurality of cylinders. Each cylinder includes a piston configured to move within the cylinder. Each cylinder further includes a high-temperature superconductor material at a temperature. The... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110285219 | Electrical Machine with Superconducting Armature Coils and Other Components The present application and the resultant patent provide a superconducting electrical machine. The superconducting electrical machine may include an armature coil made of a high temperature superconducting material, a cooling system, and a field coil. The cooling system... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110248509 | GENERATOR WITH FERROMAGNETIC TEETH A stator assembly for use in a superconducting generator operated at frequencies up to 10 Hz is disclosed. The stator assembly includes a ferromagnetic stator winding support having a plurality of teeth defining slots, the slots configured to receive and support stator ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110227544 | EXCITER ASSEMBLIES An exciter assembly for supplying a field current to the rotor windings of a superconducting synchronous machine includes a pulse transformer having a stationary primary winding, a secondary winding and a tertiary winding. A switched mode power supply supplies a pulsed ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110148238 | Dual Armature Motor/Generator With Flux Linkage The present invention relates to cylindrical rotating electric machines which comprise armature and field source, with either the field source or the dual armature being the rotating component. The dual armature is composed of two concentric cylindrical sets of coils wi... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110089780 | MAGNETIC BEARING WITH HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR ELEMENTS A magnetic bearing with high-temperature superconductor elements which has a stator and a rotor, which is held such that it can rotate with respect to the stator and is mounted in an axially and radially self-regulating manner in the stator. A body of a Type-2 supercond... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110084566 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE ROTOR, SUPERCONDUCTIVE ROTATING MACHINE AND SUPERCONDUCTIVE ROTATING-MACHINE SYSTEM The main problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a superconductive rotor, a superconductive rotating machine and a superconductive rotating-machine system which are capable of inductive and synchronous rotation while employing the induction machine configura... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110025146 | Dual Armature Motor/Generator With Flux Linkage The present invention relates to cylindrical rotating electric machines which comprise armature and field coils, with either the field coil or the dual armature being the rotating component. The dual armature is composed of two concentric cylindrical sets of coils with ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100323899 | Superconductive element and relative preparation process A superconductive element is described, comprising a rigid support made of a non-superconductive material, said support comprising at least one superconductive track formed by a groove containing a superconductive material having a density equal to at least 85% of the v... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100283318 | Marine power distribution and propulsion systems A power distribution system that can be used in naval ships and submarines includes a first propulsion drive system including a propulsion motor having superconducting (preferably high temperature superconducting (HTS)) rotor windings and a power converter. A first prop... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100267295 | SHIP PROPULSION SYSTEM HAVING A PUMP JET The invention relates to a ship propulsion system (S) having a pump jet (P) comprising a pump housing (G) and a drive motor, wherein the drive motor is a solenoid motor (M) integrated into the pump housing (G).... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100264771 | Internal Impedance Converting Superconducting Acyclic Power Converter An electromechanical power converter that has a rotor assembly with a conductive shell, a first conductor made from superconducting material that is in series electrical contact with the conductive shell and a second conductor made from superconducting material and in s... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100259117 | Dual armature motor/generator with flux linkage between dual armatures and a superconducting field coil The present invention relates to cylindrical rotating electric machines which comprise armature and field coils, with either the field coil or the dual armature being the rotating component. The dual armature is composed of two concentric cylindrical sets of coils with ... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100253177 | Multi-pattern high temperature superconducting motor using flux trapping and concentration A high temperature superconducting synchronous motor having an inductor topology that increases the air gap flux density in direct relation to motor power density by trapping flux and concentrating it in the air gap to obtain more power in the same volume or smaller vol... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100244596 | SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRICAL MACHINE A superconducting electrical machine comprises a rotor and a stator. The stator comprises a stator having a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially extending teeth and a plurality of superconducting electric coils. Each superconducting electric coil is positioned... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100248969 | OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE, SUPERCONDUCTING STRUCTURE, METHOD OF PRODUCING OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE, SUPERCONDUCTING CABLE, SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET, AND PRODUCT INCORPORATING SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET The invention offers an oxide superconducting wire, a superconducting structure, a method of producing an oxide superconducting wire, a superconducting cable, a superconducting magnet, and a product incorporating the superconducting magnet. The oxide superconducting wir... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100133943 | TORQUE SUPPORT MEMBER FOR ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE A support module is provided for use in a rotor assembly of a rotating machine. The support module is disposed on the rotor body, supports high temperature superconductor rotor windings within the rotor assembly, and thermally decouples the cold portions of the rotor as... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100096942 | Rotor or a stator for a superconducting electrical machine A rotor (or a stator) for a superconducting electrical machine includes a mounting that is maintained at substantially ambient temperature during operation of the electrical machine and a field coil support structure. A plurality of superconducting field coils are maint... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100081572 | FLUIDLESSLY COOLED SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSMISSION LINES AND REMOTE NUCLEAR POWERSYSTEMS THEREFROM A superconducting transmission line includes a superconducting article including at least one HTS wire, a cooling system including at least in part one or more thermoelectric or thermionic coolers thermally coupled to the HTS wire. The thermoelectric coolers are powered... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100045130 | Superconducting Pulsed-Power Source Methods and systems provide pulsed-power to a load utilizing high temperature superconductors (HTS) within multiple pulsed-power devices. According to embodiments described herein, each pulsed-power device includes a HTS mounted on a rotor and an armature coil mounted o... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100038986 | Brushless Motor/Generator With Trapped-Flux Superconductors Apparatus and methods provide for a high specific power electro-dynamo device that utilizes high-temperature superconductors, a dysprosium core, and superconducting coils to provide power. According to various embodiments, a rotor includes a number of rotor arms with a ... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100033037 | Shielding of superconducting field coil in homopolar inductor alternator A superconducting field coil assembly includes a superconducting field coil disposed within a vacuum insulated electro-magnetic (EM) shielded cryostat. A water cooling jacket is thermally integrated with the outer surface of the EM shielded cryostat.... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100001596 | System and method for cooling a superconducting rotary machine A system for cooling a superconducting rotary machine includes a plurality of sealed siphon tubes disposed in balanced locations around a rotor adjacent to a superconducting coil. Each of the sealed siphon tubes includes a tubular body and a heat transfer medium dispose... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090315425 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL SUPPORT STRUCTURES Support structures (100) for attaching superconducting conductors (106) to a rotor (50) of an electrical machine (10). The support structures (100) are mechanically configured to transfer loads exerted on the superconducting conductors... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090280990 | SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE HAVING MAGNETIC BEARINGS EXCITED BY THE ROTOR A superconductive synchronous machine having superconductive magnetic bearings. A superconductor (6) on the stator side as a first bearing part is disposed opposite from a second bearing part (12) on the rotor side, the second being part being magnetically... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090267425 | MACHINE HAVING AN UNCOOLED ROTOR BODY AND A COOLED ROTOR WINDING, AS WELL AS AN ASSOCIATED HOLDING AND/OR SUPPORTING DEVICE The invention relates to a machine with an uncooled rotor, which is mounted such that it is capable of rotating about an axis of rotation and which has cutouts or flattened portions on its outside. At least one rotor winding, which is accommodated in a cryostat with a c... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090224550 | SYSTEMS INVOLVING SUPERCONDUCTING DIRECT DRIVE GENERATORS FOR WIND POWER APPLICATIONS A superconducting direct drive wind generator including an armature coil constructed of a first superconducting material and a field coil constructed of a second superconducting material, wherein, during operation of the generator, the armature coil and the field coil a... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090170707 | DAMPING AND SUPPORT IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING LEVITATION SYSTEMS Methods and apparatuses to provide improved auxiliary damping for superconducting bearings in superconducting levitation systems are disclosed. In a superconducting bearing, a cryostat housing the superconductors is connected to a ground state with a combination of a da... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090156408 | HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING DIELECTRIC CERAMIC INSULATION High-temperature superconductive devices and assemblies are provided. According to one embodiment, a high-temperature superconductive device includes a superconducting substrate and a dielectric ceramic insulator. The superconducting substrate comprises a superconductin... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090153106 | Excitation Device for an Electric Machine With an aim of minimizing excitation losses in electric machines having electrically excited and displaceable secondary parts, bi-directional inductive transmission of energy is carried out by a rotating inductive transmission device. An associated electronic system for... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090124146 | Ship propulsion unit and ship propulsion method The invention relates to a ship propulsion unit with drive devices in the hull and all underwater pod, which is located outside of the hull and which has a front propeller and a rear propeller as well as torque transmitting devices between the drive devices and the prop... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090115267 | Machine Based on Superconducting Technology Support Elements The machine contains a rotor with a hot rotor housing in which a cold part with a superconductive rotor winding is located. A part which acts as a baffle screen is provided on the outside of the rotor housing, facing a stator. Supporting elements are intended to be prov... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090093369 | SUPERCONDUCTING SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE Disclosed herein is a superconducting field coil of a homopolar type superconducting synchronous machine. The superconducting synchronous machine includes a superconducting field coil which comprises a single or double pancake coil formed by winding a superconducting wi... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090088324 | Outer rotor superconductor journal bearing An outer rotor superconductor journal bearing that comprising modules and including an outer rotor superconductor journal bearing that cools a superconductor that is mechanically fixed to a module below a critical temperature, attains a strong magnetic fixing force in a... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090082208 | SUPERCONDUCTING GENERATOR A generator that comprises at least one ferromagnetic core including a gap, a magnet capable of producing a normal magnetic field within said gap and at least one coil positioned within the normal magnetic field on the core. At least one diamagnet that is positioned to ... | 03/26/2009 |
