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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431868 | Method of manufacturing a metal substrate for an oxide superconducting wire A metal substrate for an oxide superconducting wire, which comprises a polycrystalline metal substrate with a rolled aggregate structure having a {100} plane which is parallel to the rolled surface and a axis which is parallel to the rolling direction, and an ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7352267 | Cylindrically shaped superconductor component and its use as resistive current limiter The present invention is directed to a cylindrically shaped superconductor component particularly useful as resistive current limiter composed of a cylindrical superconductor body, in particular of high temperature superconductor material, provided vertically to its... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7309511 | Method of manufacturing oxide superconductor thick film The present invention provides an oxide superconductor thick film which is formed on a substrate or a board and has a high Jc and Ic and a method for manufacturing the same. Predetermined amounts of materials containing elements of Bi, Pb, Sr, Ca and Cu are weighed,... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7180396 | Superconducting current limiting device with magnetic field assisted quenching The present invention relates to a superconducting current limiting device comprising a superconductor component (1) wherein each superconductor component (1) comprises a superconductor body (2) on which a coil (3) is wound the coil being... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7135438 | Method of making cuprate superconducting material A class of superconductive materials containing copper-oxygen bonding and with mixed cation-occupancy designed with a view to size and valence consideration yield useful values of critical temperature and other properties. Uses entail all applications which involves... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7091515 | High-temperature superconducting device and manufacturing method thereof At least two ramp-edge-structure Josephson junctions having different critical current densities to one another are provided on a substrate. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7056866 | Superconductivity in square-planar compound systems Described is a superconducting composition comprising an oxide complex of the formula [L1−xMx]aAbOy wherein L is lanthanum, lutetium, yttrium, or scandium; A is copper, bismuth, titanium, tungsten, zirconium, ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6908691 | Metal strip for epitaxial coatings and method for the production thereof The aim of the invention is to provide a metal strip for epitaxial coating with a biaxially textured layer, this metal strip, however, being able to be produced in an uncomplicated manner and having a high tensile strength, low magnetic losses and/or a high electric... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6869916 | Protected superconductor component and process for its production 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 current flowing o... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6653259 | Fabrication of large bulk high temperature superconducting articles A method of fabricating large bulk high temperature superconducting articles which comprises the steps of selecting predetermined sizes of crystalline superconducting materials and mixing these specific sizes of particles into a homogeneous mixture which ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6511943 | Synthesis of magnesium diboride by magnesium vapor infiltration process (MVIP) A process of preparing superconducting magnesium diboride powder by heating an admixture of solid magnesium and amorphous boron powder or pellet under an inert atmosphere in a Mg:B ratio of greater than about 0.6:1 at temperatures and for time sufficient ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6447714 | Method for forming biaxially textured articles by powder metallurgy A method of preparing a biaxially textured alloy article comprises the steps of preparing a mixture comprising Ni powder and at least one powder selected from the group consisting of Cr, W, V, Mo, Cu, Al, Ce, YSZ, Y, Rare Earths, (RE), MgO, CeO2 | 09/10/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6335065 | Process for slip casting textured tubular structures A process for centrifugal slip casting a textured hollow tube. A slip made up of a carrier fluid and a suspended powder is introduced into a porous mold which is rotated at a speed sufficient to create a centrifugal force that forces the slip radially out... | 01/01/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6258754 | Large, strongly linked superconducting monoliths and process for making the same A process which relies on a joining technique between two individual strongly linked superconductors is disclosed. Specifically, this invention relates to fabrication of single domains of YBa2 Cu3 Ox or YBa2 Cu | 07/10/2001 |
| 6255255 | Oxide superconducting material and method of producing the same An oxide superconducting material includes a REBa2 Cu3 O7-x phase (RE designating one or a combination of two or more rare earth elements including Y), particles composed of Ce, Ba, Cu and O dispersed therein, and RE2... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6191075 | Method of manufacturing a high temperature superconductor with improved transport properties A method of preparing a high temperature superconductor. A method of preparing a superconductor includes providing a powdered high temperature superconductor and a nanophase paramagnetic material. These components are combined to form a solid compacted ma... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6159400 | Method for deforming solids in a controlled atmosphere and at adjustable rates, pressures and temperature A method for forging, or hot working bulk ceramics, including high temperature superconductors and other sensitive materials, under precisely controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, atmospheric composition, and strain rate. A capsule with massive ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6046139 | Making large, single crystal, 123 YBCO superconductors We make large (in excess of 2 cm in diameter), single crystal YBa2 Cu3 O7-x [123 YBCO] crystals, where xࣘ0.6, in a seventeen step process or some variant thereof from finely ground and well mixed 123 YBCO and 211 YBCO po... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6010983 | Method of conveyor production of high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire, coil, and other bulk-shaped products using compositions of HTS ceramics, silver, and silicone A high temperature superconductor composite material, which is suitable for production of filaments, wires, coils and other shaped products, has a ceramic powder of a material selected from the group consisting of, for example, YBa2 Cu3 | 01/04/2000 |
| 6008163 | Process for slip casting textured tubular structures A process for centrifugal slip casting a textured hollow tube. A slip made up of a carrier fluid and a suspended powder is introduced into a porous mold which is rotated at a speed sufficient to create a centrifugal force that forces the slip radially out... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5998336 | Ceramic/metal and A15/metal superconducting composite materials exploiting the superconducting proximity effect and method of making the same A composite superconducting material made of coated particles of ceramic superconducting material and a metal matrix material. The metal matrix material fills the regions between the coated particles. The coating material is a material that is chemically ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5981445 | Process of making fine ceramic powders from aqueous suspensions The new preparation process for making fine high specific surface ceramic powders suitable as catalysts or precursors for ceramics uses lanthanum (or other rare earth lanthanide) oxide as one of the precursors. The oxide is mixed with water to form a liqu... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5932524 | Method of manufacturing superconducting ceramics A high Tc superconducting ceramic material is produced by a method in which a mixture of chemicals in suitable amounts is compacted into a desired form. The compacted mixture is then fired and, at the same time, an electric current is caused to pass throu... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5929001 | Engineered flux-pinning centers in BSCCO TBCCO and YBCO superconductors A method of preparing a high temperature superconductor. A method of preparing a superconductor includes providing a powdered high temperature superconductor and a nanophase material. These components are combined to form a solid compacted mass with the m... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5869432 | Method for producing ceramic superconductor single crystals A bulk high temperature superconductor single crystal having the formula MBa2 Cu3 O7-x wherein M is selected from the group consisting of Y, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, and Yb; and, x has a number value from about 0.1 to about... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5849668 | Oxide superconductor and method for manufacturing the same An oxide superconductor which exhibits an uniform and high critical current density. Further, a method of manufacturing this oxide superconductor, namely, a RE--Ba--Cu--O oxide superconductor (RE is one or more kinds of rare earth elements including Y) by... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5789348 | Preparation of superconductor precursor powders A process for the preparation of a precursor metallic powder composition for use in the subsequent formation of a superconductor. The process comprises the steps of providing an electrodeposition bath comprising an electrolyte medium and a cathode substra... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5786304 | Joining product of oxide superconducting material and process for producing the same A joining product of oxide superconducting materials having a high current density and process for producing the same. A joining product comprising a plurality of oxide superconducting materials having an identical crystal orientation joined with each oth... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5747425 | High Tc superconductor magnetic shields and method of making same High Tc superconducting magnetic shields are provided, together with a method of fabricating such shields, wherein the shields exhibit very high critical applied magnetic field values of at least about 50 Gauss at 77 K. In fabrication procedure... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5697044 | Process for sintering YBa2 Cu3 Ox through wet grain-coating A high-temperature YBa2 Cu3 Ox superconducting sintered body is produced through wet grain-coating process in which starting grains are soaked in SnI4 solution, pressed after the removal of solvent and then sint... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5660774 | Process for making a sintered body from ultra-fine superconductive particles A process for producing a sintered body from untra-fine superconductive particles. In the first step of this process, a ceramic precursor material containing yttrium, barium and copper cations, a nitrogen-containing material, a solvent, and an anion capab... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5652199 | Method of manufacturing oxide superconductor A method of manufacturing an oxide superconductor, including the steps of mixing oxide materials of the metals contained in an oxide superconductor represented by HgBa2 Ca2 Cu3 O8+y to prepare a powder mixture o... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5627140 | Enhanced flux pinning in superconductors by embedding carbon nanotubes with BSCCO materials Enhanced flux pinning in superconductors is achieved by embedding carbon nanotubes into a superconducting matrix. The carbon nanotubes simulate the structure, size and shape of heavy ion induced columnar defects in a superconductor such as Bi2 ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5583096 | Superconductive compounds and process for producing said compounds A process of manufacturing a superconducting compound including mixing stoichiometric amounts of a metallic oxide, copper oxide and a metallic carbonate wherein the metal of the metallic oxide is one other than yttrium and is selected and identified by it... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5556831 | Method of treating a part made of a superconductive ceramic of the (Ln).sub. Ba2 Cu3 O7-δ type A method of treating a part made of a superconductive ceramic of the (Ln)1 Ba2 Cu3 O7-δ type, where Ln is chosen from the rare earth elements other than cerium and terbium, the method being designed to reduce t... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5534490 | (Hg,Cu)Ba2 Ca2 Cu3 Oy oxide superconductor and method of preparing the same Provided is an Hg-Ba-Ca-Cu-O oxide superconductor having a high superconductivity transition temperature Tc and a method which can prepare the same in excellent reproducibility. This oxide superconductor consists essentially of Hg, Ba, Ca, Cu and O, and i... | 07/09/1996 |
