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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335283 | Production method for composite oxide thin film and device therefor and composite oxide film produced thereby A method and an apparatus which permits making a composite oxide thin film excellent in crystallinity easily and at a low temperature, with the capability of controlling the basic unit cell structure as desired, and without the need for a post annealing, as well as ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7279823 | Piezoelectric actuator and liquid jet head A piezoelectric actuator comprising an optimum layer structure when (100) orientation strontium ruthenate is used as a bottom electrode is provided. This piezoelectric actuator comprises a diaphragm 30 that is constituted by (100) orientation yttria-stabilize... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7161124 | Thermal and high magnetic field treatment of materials and associated apparatus An apparatus and method for altering characteristics, such as can include structural, magnetic, electrical, optical or acoustical characteristics, of an electrically-conductive workpiece utilizes a magnetic field within which the workpiece is positionable and scheme... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7067839 | Tuning circuit with distributed tunnel junction elements and superconductor integrated circuit comprising the tuning circuit It is an object to provide a tuning circuit which has large fractional frequency band width, for example frequency band of the return loss of less than −10 dB. The tuning circuit is composed of a superconductor microstrip lines, a superconductor distributed tunnel... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6979998 | Magnetic filter The invention includes a magnetic filter. The magnetic filter includes a magnetic transducer for generating a magnetic field in response to the plurality of information carrying signals. The magnetic filter further includes a magnetic tunnel junction. The magnetic t... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6949490 | High-TC superconducting ceramic oxide products and macroscopic and microscopic methods of making the same High-Tc superconducting ceramic oxide products and macroscopic and microscopic methods for making such high-Tc superconducting products. Completely sealed high-Tc superconducting ceramic oxide provides are made by a macroscopic process including the steps of pressin... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6800321 | Reduced AC losses in HTS coated conductors Methods for reducing hysteresis losses in superconductor coated ribbons where a flux distribution is set into the superconductor coated ribbon prior to the application of alternating current. ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6569811 | Enhancement of JC in oxide superconductors The present invention comprises novel materials comprising composite high-Tc superconductors which contain a dispersion of precipitates and structural defects and thereby exhibit enhanced flux pinning and enhanced critical current in the superconducting s... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6399011 | Method of biaxially aligning crystalline material A method of inducing biaxial particle alignment in a body of crystalline particles of a material such as a high temperature superconducting material, having anisotropic magnetic susceptibility so that at least a major portion of the crystalline particles ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6318558 | Method and device for separating different electrically conductive particles The invention relates for separating different electrically conductive particles, especially of waste materials, by means of an eddy-current separation, whereby the supplied particles to be separated are cooled. The invention also relates to an eddy-curre... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6291403 | Method of manufacturing superconducting ceramics under a magnetic field A high Tc superconducting ceramics material is produced by a method in which a mixture of chemicals in suitable amounts is compacted into a desired form. The compact mixture is then fired and, at the same time, a magnetic field is apilied to the compacted... | 09/18/2001 |
| 5972846 | Article comprising textured superconductive cuprate material Articles according to the invention comprise a superconductive cuprate (e.g., YBa2 Cu3 O7) body containing elongate grains measuring at least about 10 μm along the long axis and having an aspect ratio of at least 10:1. Bo... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5919737 | Method of separating a superconducting fraction from a mixture A method for separating a powder into a superconducting fraction and a tailing fraction, or of separating a powder into a magnetically active fraction and a tailing fraction. The powder is mixed with a paramagnetic liquid to form a slurry. The slurry is p... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5677265 | Process for oxygenation of ceramic high Tc superconductors A process for the oxygenation of ceramic high Tc superconductors is disclosed. The superconductor is formed from a sintered powdered ceramic. Microchannels are formed in the ceramic material by embedding in the powder a plurality of wires or fi... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5529981 | Process and apparatus for preparing biaxially textured materials using anisotropy in the paramagnetic susceptibility The present invention discloses a process and apparatus for forming textures in materials. It uses so called "normal aligners" having an anisotropy in the paramagnetic susceptibility within a magnetic field having compositions REBa2 Cu3 | 06/25/1996 |
| 5457086 | Superconducting composite for magnetic bearings A composite includes granules of Type II superconducting material and granules of rare-earth permanent magnets that are distributed in a binder. The composite is a two-phase structure that combines the properties of the superconductor and magnets with the... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5444425 | Flux-trapped superconducting magnets and method of manufacture A flux-trapped superconducting magnet which is formed of high transition temperature superconducting mixture doped with a magnetic material having a Curie temperature below the transition temperature of the superconducting mixture.... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5432150 | High-Tc superconducting ceramic oxide products and macroscopic and microscopic methods of making the same High-Tc superconducting ceramic oxide products and macroscopic and microscopic methods for making such high-Tc superconducting products. Completely sealed high-Tc superconducting ceramic oxide products are made by a macroscopic process including the steps... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430008 | Method and composition for improving flux pinning and critical current in superconductors Superconducting materials and methods of forming superconducting materials are disclosed. Highly oxidized superconductors are heated at a relatively high temperature so as to release oxygen, which migrates out of the material, and form a non-superconducti... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5334578 | Method of manufacturing superconductor According to this method of manufacturing a superconductor, powder materials of Y2 O3, BaCO3 and CuO are first prepared as raw materials and blended and mixed to the composition Y1 Ba2 Cu3 ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5308800 | Apparatus and method for forming textured bulk high temperature superconducting materials Apparatus and method for fabricating textured pseudo-single crystal bulk superconducting materials, featuring introduction of a pressure gradient and/or of a magnetic field for enhancement of known melt-texturing directional solidification techniques usin... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5280011 | Alignment technique for anisotropicly conductive crystals utilizing a non-static magnetic field A method of processing polycrystalline material to achieve at least uniaxial crystal alignment utilizing the anisotropy of conductivity of the crystalline material. The polycrystalline material is provided in a fluid suspension or other malleable form. A ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5276011 | Method of manufacturing a component of the tape or filament kind out of a material based on a superconducting oxide having a high critical temperature, and a component obtained thereby A method of manufacturing a component of the tape or filament kind out of a material based on a superconducting oxide having a high critical temperature, wherein said material is formed while it is in the vitreous state, the method being characterized by ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5268353 | Method for separating superconductor powder from nonsuperconductive powder An oxide superconductor having good current-carrying characteristics can be manufactured by a method including the steps of mixing and baking a plurality of different kinds of ingredient material at a predetermined proportion and obtaining a mixed powder ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5262396 | Plasma-enhanced CVD of oxide superconducting films by utilizing a magnetic field A method for forming a superconducting oxide material including introducing an oxygen or an oxidizing gas and a reactive gas or reactive solution or reactive minute particles into a plasma generating chamber; applying a magnetic field to the plasma genera... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5258364 | Method of shaping superconducting oxide material A method of forming a superconducting oxide material comprises the steps of forming of a superconducting oxide material into a thin film on a film-forming surface portion, creating a plasma to form an activated oxygen atmosphere, subjecting the thin film ... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5225394 | Method for manufacturing high Tc superconducting circuits A superconducting pattern formed from a superconducting ceramic film is illustrated. The pattern is made in the form of a coil which is embedded in an insulating ceramic film. The insulating film is made of a ceramic material whose thermal expansion coeff... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5219832 | High-TC superconducting ceramic oxide products and macroscopic and microscopic methods of making the same High-Tc superconducting ceramic oxide products and macroscopic and microscopic methods for making such high-Tc superconducting products. Completely sealed high-Tc superconducting ceramic oxide products are made by a macroscopic process including the steps... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5217944 | Crystal making method A method for preparing a textured polycrystalline material having, in the crystalline state, a magnetic anisotropy, comprises the following steps: preparing a compound such that, after being molten and solidified, it provides substantially only said material a... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5168096 | Method for preparing an oriented and textured magnetic material A method for preparing an oriented and textured magnetic compound, comprising the steps of preparing a composition at a temperature such that it comprises crystallites of the compound in the presence of a liquid; subjecting the composition to a magnetic f... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5162296 | Plasma-enhanced CVD of oxide superconducting films by utilizing a magnetic field A method for forming a superconducting oxide material including introducing oxygen or an oxidizing gas and a reactive gas or reactive minute particles into a plasma generating chamber; applying a magnetic field to the plasma generating chamber; supplying ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5114905 | Crystal alignment technique for superconductors A method of processing polycrystalline material by performing multi-axis crystal alignment utilizing anisotropies in the crystalline structure including the step of providing a polycrystalline material in a fluid suspension or malleable form having a magn... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5096880 | Method and apparatus for inducing grain orientation by magnetic and electric field ordering during bulk superconductor synthesis A process is described for enhancing superconductor characteristics by application of strong magnetic and/or electric fields to the constituent component materials from which ceramic superconductors are being formed and during the time that these supercon... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5079225 | Process and apparatus for preparing textured crystalline materials using anisotropy in the paramagnetic susceptibility The present invention discloses a process and apparatus for forming textures in materials. The process comprises heating a material having an anisotropy in the paramagnetic or diamagnetic susceptibility within a magnetic field. The material is heated to a... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5073209 | Process embodiments for improving the electrical properties of conductors In one embodiment this invention provides a process for decreasing the resistivity of an electrical conductor. The process involves the application of high temperature and an external field to a conductor to induce a current flow and physicochemical trans... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5057486 | Synthesis of Bi-Pb-Ca-Sr-Cu-O oriented polycrystal superconductor A particulate mixture comprised of Bi2 CaSr2 Cu2 O8&#b1;x where x ranges from 0 to 0.5, Ca2 CuO3, cupric oxide and lead oxide, wherein the Bi2 CaSr2 Cu2 O | 10/15/1991 |
| 5049540 | Method and means for separating and classifying superconductive particles The specification and drawings describe a series of devices and methods for classifying and separating superconductive particles. The superconductive particles may be separated from non-superconductive particles, and the superconductive particles may be s... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5047387 | Method for the selecting superconducting powders There is disclosed herein an invention for beneficiation of powered material having superconducting characteristics and processes for carrying it out. The invention involves introducing powdered superconducting material into the vertical field of a magnet... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5041419 | High energy product radially oriented toroidal magnet and method of making An improved high energy product radially oriented toroidal magnet is made om an iron cylinder toroid by a method including the steps of: (A) sandwiching the iron cylinder toroid between two disc toroids of a superconductive material at a temperature above the ... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4990493 | Process of making an oriented polycrystal superconductor A superconductive polycrystalline body is produced having a composition selected from the group consisting of Y1-x (Ln)x Ba2 Cu3 O7-7, La1-x (Ln)x Ba2 Cu3 O... | 02/05/1991 |
