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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6694600 | 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... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6670308 | Method of depositing epitaxial layers on a substrate An epitaxial article and method for forming the same includes a substrate having a textured surface, and an electrochemically deposited substantially single orientation epitaxial layer disposed on and in contact with the textured surface. The epitaxial ar... | 12/30/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6574852 | Method of making high-Tc superconducting ceramic oxide tape 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... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6559103 | Method for producing superconducting oxide compounds A process is provided for preparing solid superconducting mixed-metal oxides whereby the superconductor can be formed into any predetermined shape by way of viscous sol precursors. The superconductors are also formed by this process into homogeneous phase... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6471785 | Process for producing a strip-shaped, multi-core superconductor with high-Tc superconducting material and superconductor produced by this process A process is disclosed for producing a strip-shaped superconductor with several conductor cores made of a high-Tc superconducting material and surrounded by a normal conducting material. A conductor blank (2a) produced from a fabricated conduct... | 10/29/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6387852 | Method of applying high temperature compatible insulation to superconductors There is described a method of applying insulative coating on high temperature superconductors and low temperature superconductors from sol-gel solutions prepared from Zr, or Zr with one of Mg, Y, Ce, In and Sn based precursor materials. The solution is p... | 05/14/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6311385 | High temperature oxide superconducting wire and method of manufacturing thereof 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 dens... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6311386 | Processing of (Bi,Pb)SCCO superconductor in wires and tapes A novel process of the production and processing of high quality, high Tc (Bi,Pb)SCCO superconductors starts with fabrication of a precursor article including selected intermediate phases with desired chemical and structural properties. The pre... | 11/06/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6297199 | Resin impregnated oxide superconductor and process for producing same There are disclosed an oxide superconductor which is made of an oxide superconductive bulk body (e.g. a rare earth element base copper-oxide superconductive bulk body) which has a resin impregnated layer (e.g. epoxy base resin impregnated layer), and, opt... | 10/02/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6258753 | Process for producing optimized melt-textured bodies based on the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO) The invention concerns a process for producing optimized melt-textured volume samples based on the high temperature superconductor YBa2 Cu3 O7 (YBCO) for use in contact-free self-stabilizing magnetic bearings. The object o... | 07/10/2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5898021 | Method of manufacturing an oxide ceramic superconductor having a high core density A superconductive composite member, which has a core composed of an oxide ceramic material which is surrounded by an envelope, has an increased core density in order to achieve a higher critical current density. The increased core density is obtained duri... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5821201 | (Bi, Pb)2, Sr2 Ca2 Cu3 Ox superconductor and method of making same utilizing sinter-forging A (BiPb)2 Sr2 Ca2 Cu3 Ox (Bi223) superconductor with high Jc, phase purity, density and mechanical strength is formed from Bi2223 powder which is synthesized from a mixture of Bi2 ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5786305 | Process for manufacturing a compound oxide-type superconducting wire A process for manufacturing a wire made of oxide which is applicable for manufacturing a superconducting coil or the like. The process includes steps comprising preparing a mass of oxide having superconductivity from powder material, covering the mass of ... | 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 |
| 5716909 | Process for increasing the pinning force of superconducting Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O ceramic moldings Process for increasing the pinning force of superconducting Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O ceramic moldings, which comprises heating the pure-phase 2212 phase of a Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O ceramic molding under pure oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas for from 1 to 40 minutes to a te... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5698496 | Method for making an anisotropically conductive composite medium In accordance with the invention, a high density z-direction interconnection medium is made by the steps of providing a non-conductive membrane having z-direction channels, filling the channels with liquid precursor of conductive material, converting the ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5674814 | Synthesis of increased-density bismuth-based superconductors with cold isostatic pressing and heat treating The present invention is directed to a process for producing high temperature superconducting ceramic materials. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a process that enhances the densification of Bi1.8 Pb0.4 Sr... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5643857 | Method of melting ceramic superconductive material A ceramic superconductive material (1) including a compound containing oxygen and at least two types of metal elements and having layer structure is molten in a vessel (2), at least an inner surface (3) of which is formed of a solid solution alloy having ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5635456 | Processing for Bi/Sr/Ca/Cu/O-2223 superconductors A method for preparing an oxide superconductor article includes exposing the article after deformation of the article to a final heat treatment having the steps of (a) heating the article at a temperature sufficient to partially melt the article, such tha... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5597782 | Method for microwave processing of high temperature superconductors A method for improving the phase purity of a multiphase ceramic high temperature superconductor by selective microwave heating of undesired phases in a multiphase material to cause a phase transformation of the undesired phase to the desired phase. The se... | 01/28/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5583094 | "Method for preparing hollow oxide superconductors" A tubular metal pipe and a solidified melt of a precursor of oxide superconducting material which is placed in contact with the metal pipe are subjected to heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere and at a temperature above the partial fusion temperature... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5541154 | Process for preparing a high-TC superconductor as a precursor material for the oxide-powder-in-tube method (OPIT) Process for preparing a high-Tc superconductor as a precursor material for the oxide-powder-in-tube method (OPIT). The present invention relates to a process for preparing a high-Tc superconductor as a precursor material for the oxid... | 07/30/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5506199 | Method of making electrical contacts on bi-based oxide superconductors The invention relates to solid bodies made of high-temperature superconducting material to which contact is made by solid, compact metallic conductors. To produce said solid bodies, high-temperature superconducting material is either melted completely or ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5492885 | Mercury-thallium-barium-calcium-strontium-copper-oxide 1223 superconductor and method of making same Mercury-thallium based superconductors with the formula Hg1-x Tlx Ba2 (Ca1-y Sry)2 Cu3 O8+δ ; change "their preparing method, in particular characterized in that it" to an... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5478801 | Process for producing tubular parts of high-TC superconductor material The invention relates to a process for producing cylindrical or round parts of high-Tc superconductor material comprising bismuth, strontium, calcium, copper and oxygen. In this process, a pre-prepared finely-divided oxide mixture with organic ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5455223 | Coated precursor powder for oxide superdonductors In one aspect, the present invention is a precursor powder to an oxide superconductor, namely a coated particle comprising a metal oxide particle core (including a mixed metal oxide, e.g., BSCCO-2212 or YBCO-123) on which is deposited a secondary metal ox... | 10/03/1995 |
