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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7517834 | High temperature superconducting (HTS) tape coil with enhanced protection and method for making same The invention provides an improved method of manufacturing an HTS tape coil for an MRI device with enhanced protection, the method comprising attaching high-Q capacitors at each end of an HTS wire, removing substantially all electrically conductive sheathing materia... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7383625 | Method of manufacturing continuous disk winding for high-voltage superconducting transformers Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a continuous disk winding. A high-temperature superconducting wire is lapped using Kapton films to insulate the high-temperature superconducting wire. The high-temperature superconducting wire is wound on a bobbin by a predeter... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7159830 | Grip tip A spiral-wound tip is presented for use on a walking assistance device, a robotic arm or digit, or other device needing a slip-resistant point of contact with its environment. The tip is constructed by winding a sheet of rubber or other elastic material into a spira... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7018954 | Processing of magnesium-boride superconductors Processes for the fabrication of MgB2 powder and wires are provided. Powders are produced by mechanically alloying magnesium- and boron-containing precursors under controlled conditions to avoid secondary phase and impurity formation. Powders are also pre... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6993823 | Method of manufacturing oxide superconducting wire The inventive method of manufacturing an oxide superconducting wire comprises a step (S1, S2) of preparing a wire formed by covering raw material powder of an oxide superconductor with a metal and a step (S4, S6) of heat-treating the wire... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6951985 | Superconducting electrical cable An apparatus and method for producing elongated strip, wire or cable, a portion or all of which is defined by electrically superconducting material. An elongated wire, strip or cable is controllably coated with one or more materials which define a superconducting la... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6863752 | Method of producing a superconducting tape A method and article for producing a high transition temperature superconducting tape or wire with a normal metal sheath and at least two surface layers, an inner electrically insulating layer and an outer low friction layer. The method includes mechanical deformati... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6821929 | Method for producing oxide superconducting wire A method of manufacturing an oxide superconducting wire, through which dimensional precision of width or thickness of the wire can be improved and an oxide superconducting wire with high superconducting performance can be obtained, is provided. The method of manufac... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6687975 | Method for manufacturing MgB2 intermetallic superconductor wires There is disclosed a continuous process for the formation of a superconducting wire utilizing magnesium diboride powder. The process provides a long length, low cost strand of superconducting wire which can be used in a monofilament or multifilament form.... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6645313 | Powder-in-tube and thick-film methods of fabricating high temperature superconductors having enhanced biaxial texture A method for forming an electronically active biaxially textured article includes the steps of providing a substrate having a single crystal metal or metal alloy surface, deforming the substrate to form an elongated substrate surface having biaxial textur... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6642182 | Method of manufacturing superconducting wire 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 ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6630426 | Method of increasing the critical temperature of a high critical temperature superconducting film and a superconducting structure made using the method A method for increasing the critical temperature, Tc, of a high critical temperature superconducting (HTS) film (104) grown on a substrate (102) and a superconducting structure (100) made using the method. The HTS film has an a-b plane parallel... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6617284 | Superconductor composite material A superconductor composite material consists of sintering products of interaction of superconductor ceramics with silicone material. The superconductor composite material can also include at least one metal, metal oxide or halogen element dope that intera... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6571453 | Method for producing a superconductor, in strip form, having a high-Tc superconductor material A method for producing a high-Tc superconductor having a strip shape and having at least one superconductive conductor core by forming a conductor initial product and annealing. The forming is in this case intended to include at least two flatt... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6555503 | Simultaneous constraint and phase conversion processing of oxide superconductors A method of making an oxide superconductor article includes subjecting an oxide superconductor precursor to a texturing operation to orient grains of the oxide superconductor precursor to obtain a highly textured precursor; and converting the textured oxi... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6536096 | Method of preparing bismuth oxide superconducting wire Powder of not more than 1 μm in mean particle diameter is prepared to contain a mixture of superconducting phases mainly composed of 2212 phases of Bi--Sr--Ca--Cu or (Bi, Pb)--Sr--Ca--Cu and non-superconducting phases which is obtained by calcining and p... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6451742 | High temperature superconducting composite conductor and method for manufacturing the same A high temperature superconducting composite conductor is provided including a high temperature superconducting material surrounded by a noble metal layer, the high temperature superconducting composite conductor characterized as having a fill factor of g... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6436875 | Performance of oxide dispersion strengthened superconductor composites The invention features high performing composite superconducting oxide articles that can be produced from OPIT precursors substantially without poisoning the superconductor. In general, the superconducting oxide is substantially surrounded by a matrix mat... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6393690 | Structure and method of manufacture for minimizing filament coupling losses in superconducting oxide composite articles The invention provides a multifilamentary superconducting composite article comprising multiple substantially electrically decoupled domains, each including one or more fine, preferably twisted filaments of a desired superconducting oxide material. In a p... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6311384 | Method of manufacturing oxide superconducting wire An oxide superconducting wire is obtained by performing plastic working and heat treatment of a metal pipe which is filled up with raw material powder of an oxide superconductor. In the plastic working step, the metal pipe is subjected to flat working so ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6300285 | Cryogenic deformation of high temperature superconductive composite structures An improvement in a process of preparing a composite high temperature oxide superconductive wire is provided and involves conducting at least one cross-sectional reduction step in the processing preparation of the wire at sub-ambient temperatures.... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6284712 | Processing of oxide superconductors A method for preparing a BSCCO-2223 oxide superconducting article includes annealing an oxide superconductor article comprised of BSCCO-2223 oxide superconductor at a temperature selected from the range of about 500° C.ࣘTࣘ787° C. and an annealing at... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6272732 | Oxide superconducting wire, manufacturing method thereof, oxide superconducting coil and cable conductor A long oxide superconducting wire for a coil or a cable, manufacturing method thereof, an oxide superconducting coil and a cable conductor which have high operational frequency are provided. The wire is a tape-like oxide superconducting wire including a p... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6265354 | Method of preparing bismuth oxide superconductor The present invention provides a method to prepare a (Bi,Pb)SrCaCuO-2223 superconductor, in particular a (Bi,Pb)SrCaCuO-2223 superconducting wire with improved critical current density at reduced cost. In the method of preparing a (Bi,Pb)SrCaCuO-2223 supe... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6247224 | Simplified deformation-sintering process for oxide superconducting articles A method is described to prepare a highly textured oxide superconductor article in a single deformation-sinter process. A precursor article including a plurality of filaments comprising a precursor oxide having a dominant amount of a tetragonal BSCCO 2212... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6240619 | Thermomechanical means to improve the critical current density of BSCCO tapes A method of preparing wires or tapes including Bi-2223 superconductor material by providing oxide and carbonate sources of Bi, Sr, Ca, Cu and Pb, milling the material for a time not to exceed about 30 minutes but preferably not greater than 20 minutes to ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6209190 | Production of MgO dispersed Bi-2223 superconductor A process for producing Bi-2223 high Tc superconductor in which fine MgO particles ( | 04/03/2001 |
| 6205645 | Tensioning process for manufacture of superconducting ceramic composite conductors The combination of one or more high reduction drafts with controlled, low back tensions increases the range of deformation conditions over which dimensional tolerances and Je may be optimized. The method comprises the steps of: first, providing... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6202287 | Method for producing biaxially aligned super conducting ceramics Methods for producing biaxially aligned superconducting ceramics are disclosed. The methods include fabricating a composite precursor formed of substantially planar filaments of a superconductor precursor surrounded by a matrix, and thermomechanically pro... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6182351 | Method of producing superconducting tapes with a high current density The inventive method for producing a superconductor is accomplished by longitudinally pulling a metal pipe having a cavity filled with a metal oxide mixture in polycrystalline powder to reduce the outer diameter of the pipe, sintering the metal oxide mixt... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6170147 | Superconducting wire and method of manufacturing the same A starting material which is converted to a continuous body of an oxide superconductor by a heat treatment is filled in a tubular Ag sheath member. The diameter of the filled member is reduced by extrusion to form a wire. The wire is subjected to a heat t... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6158106 | Oxide superconducting wire manufacturing method A long oxide superconducting wire for a coil or a cable, manufacturing method thereof, an oxide superconducting coil and a cable conductor which have high operational frequency are provided. The wire is a tape-like oxide superconducting wire including a p... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6110873 | Method of decoupling an HTc superconductive multifilament strand having a silver-based matrix A powder in tube method of making an HTc superconductive multifilament strand having a silver-based matrix, in which method: prior to the monofilament step: a composite multilayer material is prepared comprising at least one silver-based sheet, and at least on... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6103669 | Superconducting wire and method of producing the same This invention provides an oxide-type superconducting flat wire having a critical current density of at least 1,000 A/cm2, which comprises a Y--Ba--Cu oxide layer having a superconducting property and a silver layer surrounding the oxide layer ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6069116 | Method of forming BSCCO superconducting composite articles A novel process of the production and processing of high quality, high Tc BSCCO or (Bi,Pb)SCCO superconductors starts with fabrication of a forming a bundle including a plurality of billets, each billet containing at least one filament comprisi... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6038461 | Plastically deformable high temperature superconductive material and method of manufacturing formed body thereof There are disclosed a high temperature superconductive material which can be plastically deformed, processed optionally into predetermined configurations and industrially mass produced and a method of manufacturing a formed body of the high temperature su... | 03/14/2000 |
