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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8088713 | Superconducting fault-current limiting element and the process for producing the same To prepare a superconducting fault-current limiting element having a high sharing electric field at low cost, a superconducting fault-current limiting element includes an insulator substrate; a superconductive thin film formed on the insulator substrate; and an allo... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7879762 | Resistive current-limiter device with high-Tsuperconductor track formed in a strip A superconductor has a conductive path with a metallic substrate strip, a super-conductive layer made of a AB2CU3Ox type high-Tc-super conductive material, at least one insulating buffer layer which is arranged therebetwee... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7718573 | Method for producing oxide superconductor, oxide superconductor and substrate material for supporting precursor of the same A method for producing an oxide superconductor by partially melting and solidifying the precursor of the oxide superconductor is a method wherein the precursor is placed on a substrate material containing pure metal or a compound which is meltable in the precursor w... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7622425 | Method for producing a superconductive electrical conductor A method is provided for producing a superconductive electrical conductor, in which a layer of an yttrium-barium-copper oxide (YBCO) is applied as a superconductive material onto a textured metal substrate, and is subjected to a heat treatment. In order to produce a... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7294606 | Substrate and method for the formation of continuous magnesium diboride and doped magnesium diboride wire A chemically doped boron coating is applied by chemical vapor deposition to a silicon carbide fiber and the coated fiber then is exposed to magnesium vapor to convert the doped boron to doped magnesium diboride and a resultant superconductor. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286032 | Rare-earth-Ba-Cu-O superconductors and methods of making same Rare-earth-Ba—Cu—O superconductors having improved critical current density are described, as are methods of making same. These superconductors comprise a drop in Jc of less than a factor of about 7 at a temperature of between about 30K to about 77K, ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273569 | Metal-ceramic high temperature superconductor composite and process for bonding a ceramic high temperature superconductor to a metal The present invention relates to a metal-ceramic high temperature super-conductor composite having improved mechanical stability and cooling performance as well as to an improved method for bonding a ceramic high temperature superconductor to a metal surface wherein... | 09/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7226894 | Superconducting wire, method of manufacture thereof and the articles derived therefrom Disclosed herein is method for making a wire comprising contacting a first end of a first superconducting wire with a second end of a second superconducting wire, wherein the superconducting wire comprises a superconducting filament having a superconducting composit... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226893 | Superconductive articles having density characteristics A superconductive article is disclosed, having a substrate a buffer layer overlying the substrate, and a superconductive layer overlying the buffer layer. According to embodiments, the article may have low density characteristics, associated with the article as a wh... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7071148 | Joined superconductive articles A superconducting article includes a first superconductive segment having a nominal thickness tn1, a second superconductive segment having a nominal thickness tn2, and a joint region comprising a splice connecting the first and second supercond... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6995119 | Superconducting Mg-MgBand related metal composites and methods of preparation Superconducting phases comprising magnesium diboride related composites and methods of preparation. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6957480 | Method for the production of superconductive wires based on hollow filaments made of MgB2 A method is described for the production of superconductive wires based on hollow filaments made of MgB2, which comprises: a) the formation of a composite billet by means of the coaxial insertion in a tubular metallic container of a cylindrical bar made o... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6953770 | MgB2—based superconductor with high critical current density, and method for manufacturing the same The present invention relates to an MgB2-based superconductor that is easy to manufacture and well suited to mass production, and that exhibits excellent superconducting characteristics (such as a high critical current density) while still retaining the h... | 10/11/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6902600 | Biaxially textured articles formed by powder metallurgy A biaxially textured alloy article having a magnetism less than pure Ni includes a rolled and annealed compacted and sintered powder-metallurgy preform article, the preform article having been formed from a powder mixture selected from the group of mixtures consisti... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6890369 | Biaxially textured articles formed by powder metallurgy A biaxially textured alloy article having a magnetism less than pure Ni includes a rolled and annealed compacted and sintered powder-metallurgy preform article, the preform article having been formed from a powder mixture selected from the group of mixtures consisti... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6846344 | Biaxially textured articles formed by powder metallurgy A biaxially textured alloy article having a magnetism less than pure Ni includes a rolled and annealed compacted and sintered powder-metallurgy preform article, the preform article having been formed from a powder mixture selected from the group of mixtures consisti... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6765151 | Enhanced high temperature coated superconductors This invention relates to a practical superconducting conductor based upon biaxially textured high temperature superconducting coatings. In particular, methods for producing flexible and bend strain-resistant articles and articles produced in accordance therewith ar... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6730410 | Surface control alloy substrates and methods of manufacture therefor Methods and articles for controlling the surface of an alloy substrate for deposition of an epitaxial layer. The invention includes the use of an intermediate layer to stabilize the substrate surface against oxidation for subsequent deposition of an epitaxial layer.... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6657533 | Superconducting conductors and their method of manufacture A superconducting conductor and its method of manufacture includes an electrical conductor having a thermal conductor attached to and along a length of superconductor member and separated from the superconductor member by an electrically-insulative materi... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6649280 | Cryogen protected superconducting ceramic tape A high performance superconducting ceramic article for use in a liquid cryogen bath is provided. It includes a superconducting ceramic tape having at least one surface vulnerable to cryogenic infiltration is sealed on each vulnerable surface to a non-poro... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6607839 | Biaxially textured articles formed by powder metallurgy A biaxially textured alloy article having a magnetism less than pure Ni includes a rolled and annealed compacted and sintered powder-metallurgy preform article, the preform article having been formed from a powder mixture selected from the group of mixtur... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6586370 | Metal boride based superconducting composite The invention provides a superconductor comprising particles made of a metallic boride superconductive material, and a conductive material. The conductive material is selected to be driven to a superconductive state when in proximity to the superconductiv... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6583362 | Zirconia-stabilized multi-filamentary niobium-tin superconducting wire A multi-filament superconducting wire in which the filaments comprise zirconia-stabilized ultra-fine grain Nb3 Sn. The superconducting wire is formed by wire-drawing a preform comprising a metallic matrix and at least one niobium alloy rod havi... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6584333 | Protected superconducting component and method for producing the same The invention relates to a high-temperature superconductor component with a particular cross-sectional area, which has a current-carrying section, the current-carrying section being in contact with a safety conductor in such a way that the critical curren... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6542760 | Method of decoupling an HTc superconductive multi-filament strand having a silver-based matrix, and a multifilament strand made thereby The invention relates a powder in tube type method of making an HTc superconductive multifilament strand having a silver-based matrix, in which: a first envelope is filled with powder reagents for an HTc superconductor; the resulting billet is drawn down into ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6507746 | Superconducting wire and method of manufacturing the same The present invention provides an oxide superconducting wire including a component provided in the form of a tape and a metal tape. The component in the form of a tape has an oxide superconducting member and a metal coating member formed mainly of silver ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6469253 | Oxide superconducting wire with stabilizing metal have none noble component The present invention relates to an oxide superconducting wire. The wire has a filament made essentially of an oxide superconductor, and a stabilizing metal covering the oxide superconductor. The stabilizing metal includes a silver alloy having at least e... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6466805 | Shielded high-Tc bscco tapes or wires for high field applications A composite superconductor having an interior component of multiple filaments of superconducting Bi-2223 sheathed in a Ag or Ag alloy material, and a RE, TI or Hg based superconductor surrounding the interior component.... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6455166 | Metallic substrates for high temperature superconductors A biaxially textured face-centered cubic metal article having grain boundaries with misorientation angles greater than about 8° limited to less than about 1%. A laminate article is also disclosed having a metal substrate first rolled to at least about 95... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6440904 | High-temperature superconductor arrangement Ceramic high-temperature superconductors (1) which are intended to be used as current limiters in alternating-current lines should have a bypass layer (2) whose electrical resistivity is increased by more than 10 times with respect to that of a pure noble... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6428635 | Substrates for superconductors An alloy capable of forming a (100) [001] cube-texture by thermo-mechanical techniques has 5 to 45 atomic percent nickel with the balance being copper. The alloy is useful as a conductive substrate for superconducting composites where the substrate is coa... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6420318 | Ceramic superconductor/metal composite materials employing the superconducting proximity effect Superconducting composite materials having particles of superconducting material disposed in a metal matrix material with a high electron-boson coupling coefficient (λ). The superconducting particles can comprise any type of superconductor including Lave... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6387525 | Self insulating substrate tape A process for manufacturing superconducting magnets is described. Two conducting tapes are assembled with an insulating ceramic layer deposited between facing sides of the tapes. The tapes and the insulative refractory material are bonded together by, for... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6383989 | Architecture for high critical current superconducting tapes Improvements in critical current capacity for superconducting film structures are disclosed and include the use of, e.g., multilayer YBCO structures where individual YBCO layers are separated by a layer of an insulating material such as CeO2 an... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6381832 | Process for the production of a superconducting wire having a stacked structure A superconducting wire having a stacked structure comprising (a) a substrate composed of an electrically conductive material, (b) an oxide superconductor material, and (c) an electrically conductive material which is substantially not reactive with said o... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6370405 | Fine uniform filament superconductors A multifilamentary superconductor composite having a high fill factor is formed from a plurality of stacked monofilament precursor elements, each of which includes a low density superconductor precursor monofilament. The precursor elements all have substa... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6365553 | Oxide superconductor having excellent crack-resistant property and process of producing same The invention provides an oxide superconductor capable of sufficiently withstanding external forces such as a large electromagnetic force and thermal stresses accompanying rapid heating and cooling while in service, and internal stresses so as to be able ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6355599 | Radiation curable coating composition for superconducting wire This invention provides a radiation curable coating composition for superconducting wires. The coating composition comprises at least one (meth)acrylate terminated urethane oligomer, at least one adhesion promoter, at least one (meth)acrylate functionaliz... | 03/12/2002 |
