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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6906265 | Cabled conductors containing anisotropic superconducting compounds A cabled conductor comprises a plurality of transposed strands each comprising one or more preferably twisted filaments preferably surrounded or supported by a matrix material and comprising textured anisotropic superconducting compounds which have crystallographic ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6828507 | Enhanced high temperature coated superconductors joined at a cap layer This invention relates to a practical superconducting conductor based upon biaxially textured high temperature superconducting coatings. In particular, methods for producing flexible and bend strain-resistant articles and articles produced in accordance therewith ar... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6561412 | Method of joining together superconductors and a superconductor joined member produced by same Methods for implementing production of an oxide superconductor joined member, excellent in electric current transmission performance, without a need of going through particularly complex steps, are provided. When joining together oxide superconductors by ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6414244 | Connection structure for superconducting conductors including stacked conductors A connection structure for superconducting conductors which can simply connect superconducting conductors with each other with small connection resistance and no sophisticated technology is provided. In a connection structure for multifilamentary supercon... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6121205 | Bulk superconductor and process of preparing same A bulk superconductor including a plurality of units each composed of a substrate and a superconductive layer of R--Ba--Cu--O, where R is selected from La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Y, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and mixtures thereof, formed on the substrate. The units are ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5747181 | Superconductive article and method of making A superconductive article is made from interconnected superconductive, metallic tapes. The tapes preferably are mechanically joined and electrically interconnected by a plurality of superconductive interconnections that extend between the tapes. The inter... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5600095 | Splice for a superconducting cable-in-conduit conductor A conductor splice and splice support structure and method of assembly for use with cable-in-conduit superconductor cable of the type having a plurality of spaced sub-cables each including stabilizer and superconductor strands in an annular tube. Two tran... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5583319 | Low resistance superconductor cable splice and splicing method A low resistance splice for electrically connecting the ends of two superconducting cables and a method for making the splice. Two cables formed from superconducting material are positioned in close proximity, either overlapping or axially aligned and ext... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5398398 | Method of producing a superconducting joint with niobium-tin A superconducting joint includes a niobium-tin superconducting composite member, a niobium-tin superconducting wire diffusion bonded to the superconducting composite, a spacer diffusion bonded to the superconducting wire, a support diffusion bonded to the... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5253413 | Method for making a superconducting joint for a superconducting magnet which images human limbs This invention relates to a superconducting joint which is more commonly referred to as, a pigtail joint, for use in superconducting magnets. Such structures of this type, generally, exhibit total superconducting behavior at temperatures below the transit... | 10/19/1993 |
| 4845308 | Superconducting electrical conductor A superconducting electrical conductor comprises a porous substrate of bonded fibers which are coated by ceramic oxide superconducting material of the perovskite type so that its critical temperature of superconductivity is at or above the boiling point o... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4631808 | Method of forming a superconductive joint between multifilament superconductors Superconductive conductors, having as many as thousands of filaments, are joined together to form a true superconductive joint. The method is particularly applicable in the situation in which superconductive filaments are embedded in an overlying or surro... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4462152 | Method of mounting coils on the rotor of a superconductive rotary electric machine A method of winding and mounting superconductive coils on a cylindrical surface of the coil-carrying shaft of a rotor of a rotary electric machine. A superconductive wire is wound around the circumferential surface of a rectangular bobbin, thereby forming... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4270264 | Method for establishing an electrical contact between a normally conducting contact element and at least one superconductor A method for establishing an electrical contact between a normally conducting contact body and the end section of a superconductor annealed in situ, prior to the anneal in which the corresponding end section of the intermediate conductor product is placed... | 06/02/1981 |