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Superconducting electromagnet apparatus
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1988-06-22
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Granted: 1989-09-19
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Expires: 2008-06-22
Abstract
Abstract A superconducting electromagnet apparatus wherein a superconducting main coil and a superconducting shield coil for reducing external magnetic field leakage generated by the main coil are magnetically, but not electrically, coupled, a single magnetizing power source is connected across the main coil, and persistent currect switches are respectively connected in parallel with the main coil and the shield coil.
Inventors
- 👤 Moriaki Takechi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 15:47
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R33/00; G01R33/20; G01R33/28; G01R33/38; G01R33/381; G01R33/3815; H; H01; H01F; H01F6/00; H01F6/006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
A superconducting electromagnet apparatus comprising a superconducting main coil, a superconducting shield coil for reducing leakage of the magnetic field generated by said main coil, persistent current switches respectively connected in parallel with said main coil and said shield coil, and a single magnetizing power source connected across said main coil wherein said main and shield coils are magnetically, but not electrically, coupled to each other for induction of an electrical current flow in said shield coil by an electrical current flow in said main coil, and wherein no magnetizing power source is provided for connection to said shield coil.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
A superconducting electromagnet apparatus comprising a superconducting main coil, a superconducting shield coil for reducing leakage of the magnetic field generated by said main coil, persistent current switches respectively connected in parallel with said main coil and said shield coil, and a single magnetizing power source connected across said main coil wherein said main and shield coils are magnetically, but not electrically, coupled to each other for induction of an electrical current flow in said shield coil by an electrical current flow in said main coil, and wherein no magnetizing power source is provided for connection to said shield coil.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A superconducting electromagnet apparatus according to claim 1 wherein each of said persistent current switches includes a heater and including a heater power source connected across each of said heaters.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
174 words
A method of generating a shielding magnetic field to cancel at least part of a main magnetic field using a single magnetizing power supply for energizing magnetically coupled, but electrially uncoupled, superconducting main and shield coils, each coil including, electrically connected in parallel, a persistent current switch comprising: establishing an initial magnitude current flow in said main coil from said single magnetizing power supply while the persistent current switches are open; closing the persistent current switch of said shield coil so that a persistent current flow is induced in said shield coil through the magnetic coupling of said main and shield coils; increasing the magnitude of the current flowing in said main coil from said single magnetizing power supply to a desired magnitude and closing the persistent current switch of said main coil whereby current flow of a desired magnitude is established in said main coil and the magnitude of the current flowing in said shield coil is increased to a desired level; and disconnecting said single magnetizing power supply from said main coil.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
174 words
A method of generating a shielding magnetic field to cancel at least part of a main magnetic field using a single magnetizing power supply for energizing magnetically coupled, but electrially uncoupled, superconducting main and shield coils, each coil including, electrically connected in parallel, a persistent current switch comprising: establishing an initial magnitude current flow in said main coil from said single magnetizing power supply while the persistent current switches are open; closing the persistent current switch of said shield coil so that a persistent current flow is induced in said shield coil through the magnetic coupling of said main and shield coils; increasing the magnitude of the current flowing in said main coil from said single magnetizing power supply to a desired magnitude and closing the persistent current switch of said main coil whereby current flow of a desired magnitude is established in said main coil and the magnitude of the current flowing in said shield coil is increased to a desired level; and disconnecting said single magnetizing power supply from said main coil.
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