Mechanical superconducting switch
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsM'Hamed Lakrimi, Adrian Mark Thomas
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Abstract
A mechanically operating superconducting switch has two superconducting wires, a respective end of each superconducting wire being embedded in a respective block of superconducting material. A mechanical arrangement is provided for driving respective contact surfaces of the blocks into physical contact with each other, and for separating those services.
Claims25
A mechanically operating superconducting switch comprising two superconducting wires, a respective end of each superconducting wire being embedded in a respective block of superconducting material, and a mechanical arrangement for driving respective contact surfaces of the two blocks into physical contact with one another, and for separating them.
A mechanically operating superconducting switch comprising two superconducting wires, a respective end of each superconducting wire being embedded in a respective block of superconducting material, wherein, in use, the blocks remain stationary with respect to one another, and a threaded superconducting collar driven in and out of contact between the two blocks by relative rotation.
A superconducting magnet structure comprising a plurality of coils of superconducting wire electrically connected in series, housed within a cryostat arranged to cool the coils, and wherein superconducting wires from electrical ends of the coils are connected to a switch and wherein a respective end of each superconducting wire is embedded in a respective block of superconducting material, and comprising a mechanical arrangement for driving respective contact surfaces of the two blocks into physical contact with one another and for separating them.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.