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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5006671 | Glass-clad superconducting wire A glass-clad wire of ceramic superconductive material is produced by filling a glass-lined metal cylinder with a powder of superconductive material, sealing the cylinder ends and drawing the filled, sealed cylinder through dies of progressively smaller si... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5006672 | Apparatus for storing high magnetic fields having reduced mechanical forces and reduced magnetic pollution The present invention identifies several configurations of conducting elements capable of storing extremely high magnetic fields for the purpose of energy storage or for other uses, wherein forces experienced by the conducting elements and the magnetic fi... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4995699 | Electrically conductive solution comprised of charged boson ions Electrical conductor comprising a glass fibre (12) with a hollow center within which is a liquid solution (14) containing D+ or other boson ions. Coherent light from a laser (15) is directed into the solution to render the boson ions coherent, ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4994633 | Bend-tolerant superconductor cable An electric cable for shielding the conductor therein from tensile stresses during bending of the conductor in a predetermined lateral direction. An elongated duct having a pair of opposed sidewalls and a floor therebetween holds the conductive element, w... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4990490 | Electrical superconducting ceramic fiber devices A coating composition for ceramic fibers is provided which includes metal particles and a vehicle. The coating can be applied to a green ceramic or a sintered ceramic, and is co-sintered or sintered therewith. Such coatings are useful for coating high tem... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4988669 | Electrical conductor in wire or cable form composed of a sheathed wire or of a multiple-filament conductor based on a ceramic high-temperature superconductor Electrical conductor in wire or cable form composed of a sheathed wire or of a multiple-filament conductor based on a ceramic high-temperature superconductor of the REBa2 Cu3 O6.5+y type, RE being=rare-earth metal, O | 01/29/1991 |
| 4983574 | Composite superconductor Conductor in strip, sheet or wire form with an electrical conductivity of at least 0.85×106 Ω-1 cm-1 at 77° K. composed of a composite material of a metal matrix (1) and particles (2) composed of a high-temperature supe... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4980964 | Superconducting wire A wire of ceramic superconductive material is produced by filling a metal tube with a powder of superconductive material, sealing the tube ends and drawing the filled, sealed tube through dies of progressively smaller size until a predetermined wire size ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4977039 | Superconducting wire and cable A superconducting wire comprises a wire element wherein a plurality of superconducting filaments are arranged in a metallic matrix, and a covering layer which is formed on the surface of the wire element with a number of filaments and has a laminated stru... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4966886 | Superconducting cable with continuously porous insulation A ceramic wire superconducting cable is provided having porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene insulation, a superconductive ceramic tape "conducting" layer having openings at prescribed intervals and a high strength polytetrafluoroethylene fiber protect... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4965245 | Method of producing oxide superconducting cables and coils using copper alloy filament precursors A method of producing a superconducting cable or a coil including an A-B-C-D system superconductor where the A includes an element of group IIIa of the Periodic Table, the B an element of group IIa of the Periodic Table, C copper, D oxygen. A plurality of... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4959344 | Method of manufacturing superconductive coil by explosive compaction A method of manufacturing a superconductive coil by means of explosive compaction. A wire formed of silver having a superconductive oxide powder charged therein is formed into a coil. The coil is placed within a cylindrical vessel, into which a pressure m... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4954479 | Composite superconducting strand having a high critical temperature, and method of manufacture A superconducting strand comprises a central superconducting filament (1), a covering (2) of oxide for ensuring sufficient oxygen pressure around the filament (1), a layer of cladding (3) made of aluminum, an alloy of copper and aluminum, or of stainless ... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4952554 | Apparatus and systems comprising a clad superconductive oxide body, and method for producing such body A method of producing normal-metal-clad superconductive oxide wire, tape and the like is disclosed. The method comprises forming an intermediate body by surrounding a quantity of the oxide powder (e.g., Ba2 YCu3 O6.9) with... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4927985 | Cryogenic conductor A composite hyperconductor for use at cryogenic temperatures and particularly well suited for AC applications employs at least one filament of conductor having an extremely low electrical resistance at cryogenic temperatures, a strengthening matrix surrou... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4912443 | Superconducting magnetic energy storage inductor and method of manufacture A superconducting coil conductor composed of a plurality of strands (10) twisted together to form a cylindrical structure, each strand (10) being composed of a core (2) composed of a plurality of parallel filaments of a superconducting material, enclosed ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4910626 | Current limiter A current limiter comprising a cryostat provided with a first insulating feedthrough for an inlet conductor and a second insulating feedthrough for an outlet conductor, and a conductor running from one feedthrough to the other inside the tank, said conduc... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4908346 | Crystalline rare earth alkaline earth copper oxide thick film circuit element with superconducting onset transition temperature in excess of 77% Thick film circuit elements are disclosed comprised of an insulative substrate selected from the group consisting of strontium titanate, magnesia, alumina, and aluminum nitride, and providing a conductive path between at least two locations on the substra... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4906609 | Fabrication of superconducting oxide wires by powder-in-tube method A powder-in-tube method of producing an oxide superconduction wire is disclosed in which a preformed copper oxide superconducting powder is continuously filled into a tube precursor having a U shape cross-section formed from a long strip of metal material... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4905319 | Superconducting device including a thin chromium film with negative susceptibility A room temperature superconductor having a metal thin film with negative susceptibility coated upon a substrate. The thin film is covered by a protective coating which prevents it from oxidizing. In one embodiment of the invention multiple layers of chrom... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4904970 | Superconductive switch A superconducting switch is bifilarly wound with two cupro-nickel matrix superconductors. Three layers of the wire is wound, with each layer of windings wrapped with four wires in hand and input and output portions of the wires adjacent to one another. Th... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4901621 | Superconducting projectile for a rail gun and the combination of a rail gun with a superconducting projectile A rail gun projectile includes superconducting material. Current from a DC power supply flows between the rails through the superconducting material with a component at right angles to the elongated direction of the rails. The superconducting material is ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4894556 | Hybrid pulse power transformer A pulsed transformer utilizing the transition of the primary winding from a superconducting state to a normal state to increase the efficiency of energy transfer to the secondary winding thereof and hence to a load across the secondary winding. The primar... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4883922 | Composite superconductor and method of the production thereof A composite superconducting wire using ceramic superconductor material in which one or more elongated superconductor material are accomodated in one or more grooves formed on an elongated reinforcing member so that a long size superconductor wire can be p... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4863804 | Superconductor wire and methods of constructing same Superconductor wire, and methods of constructing same, including one or more filaments formed of submicron-particle superconductor powder each surrounded by an encapsulating sheath having a composite wall. The composite wall includes a ductile outer skin ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4860431 | Fabrication of multifilament intermetallic superconductor using strengthened tin The centers of a plurality of copper tubes are filled with an alloy of tin with a minor amount of aluminum and drawn to form Cu-Sn wires which are cabled around a core Nb wire; a plurality of these strands are provided in a copper tube, or a copper foil o... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4857675 | Forced flow superconducting cable and method of manufacture A superconductor of the cable-in-conduit type which employs forced flow of liquid helium, comprises a flat-sided housing having an essentially rectangular cross-section, within the housing a metal support bar cabled with multifilamentary superconducting s... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4849288 | Composite superconducting fiber A superconducting fiber of a superconducting fiber bundle includes a carrier fiber having an outer surface, and superconducting layers and separating layers alternatingly surrounding the outer surface of the carrier fiber and a method for producing the sa... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4845308 | Superconducting electrical conductor A superconducting electrical conductor comprises a porous substrate of bonded fibers which are coated by ceramic oxide superconducting material of the perovskite type so that its critical temperature of superconductivity is at or above the boiling point o... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4842366 | Ceramic superconductor and light transmitting composite wire A ceramic type superconductive layer (2) is formed on the outer peripheral surface of an optical fiber (1), and a stabilizing layer (3) is formed so that it contacts the outer peripheral surface of the superconductive layer (3). The diameter of the optica... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4810339 | Preparing superconducting ceramic materials Superconducting ceramic material is prepared by mixing desired oxide powders, calcining them, forming a slurry of the calcined powders with a carrier liquid, depositing a layer of the ceramic from the slurry by electrophoretic deposition and then drying t... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4808954 | Superconducting coil apparatus A superconducting coil apparatus comprises a first coil unit and second coil unit disposed concentrically outside the first coil unit. The second coil unit includes a cylindrical former having a spiral groove formed on an outer surface thereof, and a coil... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4808488 | Hybrid superconductive wires or ribbons comprising a chevrel phase and another superconductive phase A hybrid superconductive fiber or strand comprises at least two layers surrounding a core wherein the fiber or strand comprises two superconductive materials. One of the superconductive materials is a Chevrel phase, optionally doped, which constitutes one... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4803310 | Superconductors having controlled laminar pinning centers, and method of manufacturing same A multifilament superconductor having continuous, non-random pinning centers and including a plurality of parallel superconductive subfilaments of uniform cross-sectional area, the subfilaments being embedded in generally hexagonal pinning jackets, and th... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4794688 | Method of connecting superconducting wires A method of connecting superconducting wires have the steps of preparing a connecting superconducting wire piece, exposing the filaments of the superconducting layers to be connected and the filaments of the connecting superconducting wire piece by partia... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4791241 | Stabilized superconducting wire A stabilized superconducting wire comprises a multicore section having a number of filaments of superconducting compound material disposed in an alloy matrix, a stabilizing material section positioned around the multicore section, and a diffusion barrier ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4785142 | Superconductor cable A superconducting cable comprising an in-situ-formed type II superconductor, e.g. Nb3 Sn, in association with a stabilizing conductor both in heat transfer relationship with at least one passage adapted to carry liquified gaseous refrigerant. T... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4763404 | Low current superconducting magnet with quench damage protection A low current superconducting magnet, and a method of fabrication, having improved protection against quench damage. The magnet utilizes the technique of forming a twisted cable of a plurality of substantially parallel superconductor wires and then windin... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4757161 | Composite superconducting conductor with several conductor strands and a method for manufacturing the same A composite superconductor comprises a matrix of an alloy which is normally conductive at operating temperatures with the alloy being copper and another alloying element. Several superconducting filaments are embedded in the matrix with these filaments be... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4752654 | Intermetallic compound-based, composite superconductor The present invention provides an intermetallic compound-based, composite superconductor suitable for use in superconducting coils for a high magnetic field, where the superconductive part is formed by thermal diffusion reaction, and which has such a stru... | 06/21/1988 |
