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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7953466 | Superconducting cable A superconductive cable is provided which upon normal state, restricts flowing of electric current to a former to the maximum extent to thereby keep a cryogenic state in the superconductive cable stable. The superconductive cable includes a former surrounded by a su... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7840245 | Superconductive cable There is provided a superconductive cable capable of absorbing an amount of contracting a superconductive wire member in cooling by a simple constitution. A superconductive cable according to the invention is a cable including a superconductive wire member co... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840244 | Superconducting cable A superconducting cable enables the cooling of the superconducting conductor with high efficiency and has a sufficient insulating strength. A method of controlling the temperature of the coolants used in the cable is offered. The superconducting cable comprises a he... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7774035 | Superconducting articles having dual sided structures A superconducting article includes a substrate; first and second buffer layers overlying the substrate, such that the substrate is positioned so as to be interposed between the first and second buffer layers, first and second superconductor layers overlying the firs... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7756557 | AC-tolerant HTS coated conductor with transposed filaments An AC-tolerant high temperature superconductor tape with transposed filaments having two layers of high temperature superconducting material with striations and corresponding filaments and an insulating layer positioned therebetween. ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7627356 | Multifilament AC tolerant conductor with striated stabilizer and devices incorporating the same A multifilament high temperature superconductor with thick, striated stabilizer is disclosed, including a substrate, a buffer layer, a multifilament superconductor layer, and at least one thick stabilizer layer. Also disclosed are components incorporating supercondu... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7593758 | Segmented superconducting tape having reduced AC losses and method of making A superconducting tape having reduced AC losses. The tape has a high temperature superconductor layer that is segmented. Disruptive strips, formed in one of the tape substrate, a buffer layer, and the superconducting layer create parallel discontinuities in the supe... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7496390 | Low ac loss filamentary coated superconductors An article having low ac loss includes an elongated substrate having a length and a width; and a plurality of filaments comprising an oxide superconductor extending substantially along the length of the elongated substrate and spaced apart from one other filaments a... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7463915 | Stacked filamentary coated superconductors An elongated article comprising a first layer of oxide superconductor filaments extending substantially along the length of the elongated article and spaced apart from one another across the width of the elongated substrate; a second layer of oxide superconductor fi... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7372273 | High temperature superconducting current leads for superconducting magnets An electrical current lead assembly for ramping a superconducting magnet includes a vacuum vessel wall that has a first side exposed to an atmospheric pressure and a second side exposed to a vacuum pressure. A pool wall extends from the first side of the vacuum vess... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7330744 | Metal salt resistive layer on an superconducting element The invention relates to a process for applying a resistive layer on an oxide superconducting element for electrically decoupling superconducting filaments contained in the element, an oxide superconducting element having a resistive layer and use thereof, in partic... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7275301 | Method for reinforcing superconducting coils with high-strength materials A method for manufacturing clad superconducting wire for use in superconducting coils, such wire having improved resistance to electromagnetic forces by using composite superconducting wires that are clad with selected high-stiffness high-strength materials. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268099 | Enclosed ceramic filament In the present invention, a superconducting (sc) ceramic filament is enclosed in a silver sheath which is sealed therearound by applying silver powder between the surfaces of said sheath, pressing the surfaces and powder into contact and then applying sufficient hea... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265297 | Multiphase superconducting cable connection structure and multiphase superconducting cable line A multiphase superconducting cable connection structure includes a connection box accommodating three conductor connects connecting a superconductor of a cable core of each phase extracted from a pair of 3-phase superconducting cables, a solid insulation member fixe... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7238887 | DC superconducting cable A DC superconducting cable which is formed by housing stranded three cable cores in a thermal insulation pipe and in which structure for absorbing thermal contraction occurring during cooling can easily be achieved by adjusting the stranded state of the cores. Also,... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231239 | Super conducting cable conductor with rebco-coated conductor elements The present invention relates to a superconducting cable conductor which contains a carrying element, on which is wound at least one layer comprising two or more superconducting conductor elements, the individual conductor elements of each layer being arranged next ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7189656 | Method for manufacturing ag-oxide-based electric contact material and product of the same Although an Ag—CdO-based material has excellent electric properties such as deposition resistance, arc resistance and low contact resistance, which are required for an electric contact, the discharge standard provision in Japan, EC Directive on Waste from Electric... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7162287 | Oxide high-temperature superconducting wire and method of producing the same This invention relates to an oxide superconducting wire comprising oxide superconducting filaments, a high-density ceramic layer uniformly surrounding each of the filaments, and a silver sheath that directly covers the ceramic layer. The ceramic layer becomes non-su... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152302 | Superconductor connection structure A method of producing an electrical connection structure between at least two superconducting lines. The method comprises adding metal powder or alloy powder to a superconducting material comprising magnesium diboride, intervening the superconducting material betwee... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146709 | Process for producing superconductor A superconducting material useful for forming electrolytic devices is made by establishing multiple niobium or tantalum components in a primary billet of a ductile material; working the primary billet through a series of reduction steps to form the niobium or tantal... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149560 | Superconducting cable and superconducting cable line A superconducting cable includes a first conductor layer formed of superconducting wires, and an insulating layer formed at the outer periphery of the first conductor layer. The first conductor layer is an assembly of a plurality of superconducting wires obtained by... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7126257 | Piezoelectric ceramic-reinforced metal matrix composites Composite materials comprising piezoelectric ceramic particulates dispersed in a metal matrix are capable of vibration damping. When the piezoelectric ceramic particulates are subjected to strain, such as the strain experienced during vibration of the material, they... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7106156 | Superconductor cables and magnetic devices Superconducting cables and magnetic devices are disclosed. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7038141 | Superconducting power cable with enhanced superconducting core Enhanced superconducting power cable of at least one phase, characterized by two tubular sections, the first section being a flexible superconducting core, with a stainless steel tape mesh and copper tape layers overlaid at an angle of 0° to 45° followed by two or... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7013695 | Method for drawing continuous fiber An apparatus and method is disclosed for drawing continuous metallic wire having a first diameter to a metallic fiber having a reduced second diameter. A feed mechanism moves the wire at a first linear velocity. A laser beam heats a region of the wire to an elevated... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6985761 | Superconducting cable In order to reduce the AC losses in a superconducting conductor element subjected to an external magnetic field and through which a current flows, tapes of superconducting material of each layer are wound at such a mutual distance that the gap between the supercondu... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6972376 | Superconducting cable In order to provide a flexible oxide superconducting cable which is reduced in AC loss, tape-shaped superconducting wires covered with a stabilizing metal are wound on a flexible former. The superconducting wires are preferably laid on the former at a bending strain... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957093 | Structure and method of application for protecting the superconductivity of superconducting composites A structural arrangement of superconducting composites is provided to protect their superconductivity in such a way that these composites are electrically connected in a certain manner. The invention may be practiced with any desired superconducting material, and bi... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6943656 | Superconductor cables and magnetic devices Superconducting cables and magnetic devices are disclosed. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936496 | Nanowire filament A method of manufacturing a nanowire filament includes forming and fusing actions. In a forming action, close proximity conductors are formed. In another forming action, a junction oxide is formed between the close proximity conductors. In a fusing action, a nanowir... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936772 | Superconducting cable having a flexible former In order to provide a flexible oxide superconducting cable which is reduced in AC loss, tape-shaped superconducting wires covered with a stabilizing metal are wound on a flexible former. The superconducting wires are preferably laid on the former at a bending strain... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6918172 | Process for manufacturing Nb3Sn superconductor A niobium-based superconductor is manufactured by establishing multiple niobium components in a billet of a ductile metal, working the composite billet through a series of reduction steps to form the niobium components into elongated elements, each niobium element h... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916991 | Superconducting tapes A composite superconducting tape including a multiplicity of constituent superconducting tapes stacked parallel to one another with major faces in contact, and at least some of constituent tapes have widths not greater than half the width of the composite supercondu... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6906265 | Cabled conductors containing anisotropic superconducting compounds A cabled conductor comprises a plurality of transposed strands each comprising one or more preferably twisted filaments preferably surrounded or supported by a matrix material and comprising textured anisotropic superconducting compounds which have crystallographic ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6867375 | Superconducting cable having a flexible former In order to provide a flexible oxide superconducting cable which is reduced in AC loss, tape-shaped superconducting wires covered with a stabilizing metal are wound on a flexible former. The superconducting wires are preferably laid on the former at a bending strain... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6845255 | Superconducting tapes A composite superconducting tape which includes at least one constituent superconducting tape that may be a multiplicity of stacked and bonded tapes including a pair of exposed opposite major faces, and at least one outer layer of metal tape overlying and bonded to ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6845254 | Nb3Ga multifilamentary superconducting wire and process for preparing the same By rapidly heating a precursor wire having a multifilamentary structure in which multiple composite cores in which a composite compound of an Nb—Ga compound and Nb is embedded in Nb are embedded in Nb, Ta, Nb-base alloy or Ta-base alloy as a matrix material to a t... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6842634 | Integrated tape Production of a superconducting tape of the powder-in-tube type comprising multiple filaments (1) of superconducting material embedded in a silver matrix (2) having the properties of a filament thickness of less than about 40 μm and an overall tape th... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6835892 | Superconducting cable Superconducting cable (1) comprising: a) a layer (20) of tapes comprising superconducting material, b) a tubular element (6) for supporting said layer (20) of tapes comprising supercondu... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6828508 | Oxide high-temperature superconductor wire and method of producing the same A high temperature oxide superconducting wire is provided which is capable of preventing metal located on the outer periphery of the superconducting wire from diffusing into a superconductor to achieve restriction of reduction in the critical current density. The hi... | 12/07/2004 |
