Y02E 40/60
Superconducting electric elements or equipment
Official title: Superconducting electric elements or equipment; Power systems integrating superconducting elements or equipment
Y02E40/60 (Superconducting electric elements or equipment) appears on 1,546 US grants and 1,260 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02E- Granted patents
- 1,546
- Published applications
- 1,260
- Assignees
- 561
- Inventors
- 2,468
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 21 | 0 |
| 1977 | 33 | 0 |
| 1978 | 22 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 29 | 0 |
| 1981 | 29 | 0 |
| 1982 | 28 | 0 |
| 1983 | 25 | 0 |
| 1984 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 26 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 22 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 3 |
| 2002 | 29 | 45 |
| 2003 | 40 | 38 |
| 2004 | 45 | 53 |
| 2005 | 37 | 42 |
| 2006 | 41 | 37 |
| 2007 | 28 | 42 |
| 2008 | 30 | 55 |
| 2009 | 33 | 50 |
| 2010 | 50 | 67 |
| 2011 | 41 | 48 |
| 2012 | 46 | 59 |
| 2013 | 41 | 52 |
| 2014 | 56 | 73 |
| 2015 | 54 | 43 |
| 2016 | 32 | 39 |
| 2017 | 40 | 35 |
| 2018 | 32 | 49 |
| 2019 | 38 | 51 |
| 2020 | 34 | 50 |
| 2021 | 50 | 70 |
| 2022 | 45 | 64 |
| 2023 | 54 | 67 |
| 2024 | 64 | 54 |
| 2025 | 42 | 47 |
| 2026 | 28 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Hotspot monitoring system for superconducting device18 Aug 2026US 12,710,316 B2Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl)
- Passive quench protection techniques for non-insulated superconducting magnets4 Aug 2026US 12,700,530 B2Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC
- High-temperature superconductor (HTS)-based flexible cabling systems for interconnecting components in two different cryogenic temperature zones21 Jul 2026US 12,688,950 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Thickness direction conductive laminated composite material and manufacturing method therefor16 Jun 2026US 12,658,339 B2Beijing Mega Material Innovation Work (M2Iw) Co., Ltd.
- Partitioned superconducting cable16 Jun 2026US 12,658,342 B2Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC
- Superconducting motors and components thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246355 A1Electric Mayhem, LLC
- Electrical, Mechanical, Computing and/or Other Devices Formed of Extremely Low Resistance Materials13 Aug 2026US 2026/0239890 A1Ambature, Inc.
- Electrical, Mechanical, Computing and/or Other Devices Formed of High Temperature Superconducting Materials13 Aug 2026US 2026/0239891 A1Ambature, Inc.
- Superconducting cable and electric propulsion system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229389 A1SWCC Corporation
- Superconducting cable and electric propulsion system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229390 A1Kyushu University, National University Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Inductive quench for magnet protection149US 7,701,677 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2010
- Support structure for dynamoelectric machine stators spiral pancake winding101US 4,292,558 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1981
- Passive fault current limiting device93US 5,892,644 AThe University of Chicago · 1999
- Superconducting transformer75US 4,336,561 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1982
- Concentric tilted double-helix dipoles and higher-order multipole magnets73US 6,921,042 B12005