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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7319195 | Composite conductor, superconductive apparatus system, and composite conductor manufacturing method A composite conductor suitable as a connecting conductor that includes a superconductor and is capable of reducing the generation of Joule heat in a joint part between the system side and power-supply sides of a superconductor apparatus. A composite conductor 10 | 01/15/2008 |
| 7166804 | Terminal structure of superconducting cable and superconducting cable line therewith The present invention provides a terminal structure of a superconducting cable including a cable core having a superconducting shield layer and an electrical insulation layer. The superconducting shield layer has a radially outer portion provided with by a connectio... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6633003 | Superconducting cable and composite tubular element Superconducting cable (1) comprising: a) a layer (20) of tapes comprising superconducting material, b) a tubular element (6) for supporting said layer (20) of tapes comprising superconducting material, c) a cooling circuit, adapted to cool the supercond... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6596945 | Superconducting cable In order to provide a flexible oxide superconducting cable which is reduced in AC loss, tape-shaped superconducting wires covered with a stabilizing metal are wound on a flexible former. The superconducting wires are preferably laid on the former at a ben... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6510604 | Superconducting cables experiencing reduced strain due to bending Superconducting cables, wires and methods of making the same are disclosed. The cables can offer improved flexibility while maintaining a high current carrying capacity. Advantageously, the superconducting filaments of the cables can be formed from relati... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6331675 | High texture factor An aspected multifilamentary oxide article is provided having a plurality of aspected filaments including a metal oxide and extending continuously for the length of the article. A constraining member substantially surrounds each filament, wherein each of ... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6271475 | Low-aspect ratio superconductor wire A low-aspect ratio multi-filament superconductor wire includes a plurality of oxide superconductor filaments arranged in an elongated wire structure. Each filament of the wire also has a low-aspect ratio. The filaments are textured such that a crystallogr... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6271474 | Methods of manufacturing oxide superconducting stranded wire and oxide superconducting cable conductor, and coated wire, stranded wire and cable conductor An oxide superconducting stranded wire having inter-strand insulation and high critical current is provided. A wire including an oxide superconducting material and a matrix covering the material and consisting essentially of silver or a silver alloy is co... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6255596 | Aluminum stabilized superconductor with Cu and Mg A tube made of oxygen free copper is filled with a plurality of copper matrix Nb--Ti superconducting lead wires to obtain a composite billet. The resulting billet is subjected to hydrostatic pressure extrusion. Further, ageing heat treatment and wire draw... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6215072 | Method of preparing an oxide superconducting conductor Provided is an oxide superconducting conductor consisting of a plurality of metal-covered multifilamentary superconducting wires which are assembled with each other. Bending is applied to the superconducting conductor for improving its critical current de... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6133814 | Oxide superconductor wire material and method for jointing the same together Structure for joining together metal-coated multi-core oxide superconductor wire material parts in a tape shape. The C axis of a oxide superconductor crystal is substantially oriented along the longitudinal (length) direction that the wire material extend... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6005194 | A.C. cable with two concentric conductor configurations of stranded single conductors An a.c. cable has at least one cable core (15) with two concentric conductor arrangements (8, 9) used as forward and return conductors. At least one of the conductor arrangements (8, 9) contains a plurality of conductor layers (Lj and Lj | 12/21/1999 |
| 5891585 | Nb3 Al multi-filamentary superconducting wire An Nb3 Al multi-filamentary superconducting wire capable of realizing both stabilization of a superconducting state and increase in capacity is provided. The Nb3 Al multi-filamentary superconducting wire includes a core formed of cop... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5861788 | Superconducting coil In application to a superconducting magnet which is cooled by a cryogenic refrigerator, provided is a superconducting coil which can maintain a cooled state and enables a stable operation and continuous driving even if a ramping speed is increased. First ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5837941 | Superconductor wire A superconductor wire comprising a plurality of Nb--Ti superconductor filaments embedded in a copper matrix made of a copper alloy other than a two element copper alloy selected from the group consisting of a Cu--Ni alloy, a Cu--Sn alloy and a Cu--Mn allo... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5698497 | Superconductivity in carbonaceous compounds and devices using such compounds Carbonaceous materials based on the fullerene molecules have been developed which allow for superconductivity. The fullerene materials are soluble in common solvents.... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5654098 | Superconducting wire and composite superconductor A superconducting wire saved in weight and enhanced in mechanical properties is provided without damaging electric and thermal characteristics as an Al stabilizer, and further a method for producing the same, a high strength Al sintered alloy and powders ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5647116 | Method for stripping non-superconductive AG-based sheath formed on a wire A non-superconductive Ag-based sheath formed surrounding a superconducting tape or wire is stripped by placing a Bi- or Pb-based metal material on the Ag-based sheath to be removed; and then heating the Bi- or pb-based metal material to 250° C.-450° C. ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5557072 | Superconductive conductor presenting improved protection against partial transitions A superconductive conductor protected against partial transitions, the conductor comprising a superconductive region made up of superconductive filaments embedded in a non-superconductive metal matrix, and a non-superconductive metal region, wherein the c... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5538942 | Method for producing a superconducting magnet coil A superconducting magnet coil is produced by winding a superconducting wire to form a coil; impregnating the coil with a curable resin composition of low viscosity which contains for example at least one epoxy resin selected from the group consisting of d... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5442137 | Superconductor wire and method of manufacturing the same A housing is arranged outside a superconducting wire body to enclose it at a predetermined gap. A solder layer and/or a space are formed as a stress relaxation layer between the superconducting wire body and the housing. The gap between a surface of the s... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5426094 | High temperature superconductor current leads An electrical lead having one end for connection to an apparatus in a cryogenic environment and the other end for connection to an apparatus outside the cryogenic environment. The electrical lead includes a high temperature superconductor wire and an elec... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5384197 | Superconducting magnet coil and curable resin composition used therein A superconducting magnet coil contains a coil of superconducting wire and a cured product of a curable resin composition with which the coil has been impregnated, the cured product having a thermal shrinkage factor of 1.5-0.3%, preferably 1.0-0.3%, when c... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5364709 | Insulation for superconductors A superconducting article has a matrix core containing a superconductor, a copper stabilizer layer disposed about the core, and an insulating layer surrounding the copper stabilizer layer. The insulating layer is a metallurgically bonded layer of a refrac... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5347085 | Multifilamentary oxide superconducting wires and method of manufacturing the same A multifilamentary oxide superconducting wire includes a metal matrix and a plurality of flat oxide superconductor filaments arranged in the metal matrix such that wide directions thereof are radially arranged in a section of the metal matrix. A method of... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5330969 | Method for producing strain tolerant multifilamentary oxide superconducting wire A strain tolerant multifilamentary wire capable of carrying superconducting currents is provided comprising a plurality of discontinuous filaments formed from a high temperature superconducting material. The discontinuous filaments have a length at least ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5299728 | Method and apparatus for laminating foils into a superconducting tape for use in a superconducting magnet Apparatus and method for forming long lengths of laminated superconducting tape by passing three foils over idler pulleys, through a solder bath and between pinch rollers having a portion which extend above the solder bath to enable cleaning of the pinch ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5298679 | Current lead for cryostat using composite high temperature superconductors A vapor cooled current lead for a superconducting device located in a cryostat includes a normal conductor section extending from ambient conditions inward to an intermediate point, and a composite lead having a ceramic high temperature superconductor cor... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5276281 | Superconducting conductor A superconducting conductor, having an excellent repeated temperature property with no reduction of critical current density against a temperature cycle, comprises an oxide superconductor and an fiber reinforced plastic ("FRP"), serving as a support membe... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5248851 | Pseudo-rod fabricated from discrete planar conductors A pseudo rod, fabricated from several plate sections joined together at their edges and having a cross-section resembling a polygon approximates a rod having a circular cross section. Using multiple plates joined at their edges permits growing a crystalli... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5200577 | Superconducting wire A superconducting wire is formed by twisting a bundle of a plurality of superconducting material filaments in which one material filament is arranged in a central portion of the filament bundle and a plurality of other material filaments arranged outside ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5189260 | Strain tolerant microfilamentary superconducting wire A strain tolerant microfilamentary wire capable of carrying superconducting currents is provided comprising a plurality of discontinuous filaments formed from a high temperature superconducting material. The discontinuous filaments have a length at least ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5183965 | Ceramic superconducting downlead An electrical conductor particularly suited for use as a downlead to low temperature devices includes a ceramic honeycomb body having longitudinal channels wherein films of substantially single crystals of a ceramic superconductor are grown. The maximum c... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5183970 | Oriented superconductors for AC power transmission A superconductive transmission line is formed of mixed metallic oxide ceramic material, particularly Y1 Ba2 Cu3 O7-x drawn epitaxially upon a substrate. The superconductive material has basal crystallographic pl... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5168127 | Oxide superconducting wire A method of producing an oxide superconducting wire. A non-oxidizing metal layer is formed between an oxide superconducting material and an oxidizing metal support in order to prevent oxygen from being taken away from the oxide superconducting material by... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5168125 | Superconductor protected against partial transition A superconductor protected against partial transition includes superconductor strands around at least one non-superconductor central strand or at least one non-superconductor central core electrically insulated from the superconductor strands. At least at... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5167061 | Method of production for multifilament niobium-tin superconductors A process for producing a niobium-tin superconductor wire made from a multifilament composite via the internal tin approach is provided for. In particular, a process of preparing such a wire via an internal tin tube surrounded by a diffusion barrier and a... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5132487 | Superconductor transmission line An improved transmission system for electrical energy comprising a plurality of ball members interspersed by mating members enclosed within at least one protective outer wrapping, with the ball members and the mating members being in contact with adjacent... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5114908 | Superconductive conductor A superconductive conductor (1) is formed by at least three superconducting wires (3) comprising oxide superconductor members (4) and stabilizing members (5), which are point-symmetrically arranged in section. The superconducting wires (3) are so point-sy... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5110789 | Superconductive ceramic wire and method for making same The present invention is related to a superconductive ceramic wire and a method for making same. According to the first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for making a superconductive ceramic wire, the method comprising the steps of: (a) ... | 05/05/1992 |
