Interface device for a high temperature superconductor degaussing system junction box

An apparatus for forming a multi-turn winding by joining individual high-temperature-superconductor bundle conductors in series, said apparatus comprising a junction box, said junction box comprising a high-temperature-superconductor wire bundle having a first bundle conductor and a second bundle conductor, said first bundle conductor having a first end and a second end, said first and second ends separated from each other by a first path length that corresponds to a length of said first bundle conductor, said second bundle conductor having a first end and a second end, said first and second ends being separated from each other by a second path length that corresponds to a length of said second bundle conductor, a housing having a first side and a second side, said first side receiving said first end of said first bundle conductor and said first end of said second bundle conductor, and said second side receiving said second end of said first bundle conductor and said second end of said second bundle conductor, and an electrical interface device disposed in said housing, said electrical interface device having a first electrical-interface-device end, a second electrical-interface-device end, a substrate, a first superconducting interface conductor extending across said substrate between said first electrical-interface-device end and said second electrical-interface-device end, and a second superconducting interface conductor extending across said substrate between said first electrical-interface-device end and said second electrical-interface-device end, a third superconducting interface conductor extending across said substrate between said first electrical-interface-device end and said second electrical-interface-device end, wherein said first superconducting interface conductor is separate and distinct from said first bundle conductor, wherein said first superconducting interface conductor is separate and distinct from said second bundle conductor, wherein said second superconducting interface conductor is separate and distinct from said first bundle conductor and wherein said second superconducting interface conductor is separate and distinct from said second bundle conductor, wherein said third superconducting interface device is separate and distinct from said second bundle conductor, wherein said first end of said first bundle conductor is connected to said first superconducting interface conductor, wherein said second end of said first bundle conductor is connected to said second superconducting interface conductor, thereby defining a first turn of said multi-turn winding, and wherein said first end of said second bundle conductor is connected to said second superconducting interface conductor and said second end of said second bundle conductor is connected to said third superconducting interface conductor, thereby defining a second turn of said multi-turn winding, and thereby causing a series connection between said first turn and said second turn of said multi-turn winding, said series connection resulting in said multi-turn winding having a path length that is at least a sum of said first path length and said second path length.