General Electric Company

Gerhard S Kobus

Anthony Mantone

Christopher G King

Frank D Shaffer

Neil G Fiddes

Lawrence Vincent Bischke

Granville G Ward, Jr

Jimmy LaBruce Turner

Malvin L Dennis

Paul Chester Senski

Craig C Duer

Bu X Xu

Richard A Stephens

Winfield S DeWitt, Iii

An insertion and positioning mechanism to assist in inserting the cryocooler into the sealed cavity of a recondensing superconducting magnet during superconducting operation utilizing guide assembly and slider assembly combinations to resist forces of cryocooler interaction with the magnetic field of the superconducting magnet to avoid misalignment, and to ensure good thermal contact at the cryocooler thermal interfaces.

Magnetic resonance imaging cryocooler positioning mechanism

An apparatus for manufacturing embossed foil for use in controlling the flow of the molten metal tin plating provided in forming laminated tape for use in superconducting magnets utilizing meshing knurling rollers with truncated paramydical elements arranged to provide and embossed pattern for uniform and controlled flow of the tin.

Apparatus for embossing superconducting tape for use in a

Apparatus and method for forming long lengths of laminated superconducting tape by passing three foils over idler pulleys, through a solder bath and between pinch rollers having a portion which extend above the solder bath to enable cleaning of the pinch rollers during the formation of the superconducting tape with means to adjust the pressure applied by the pinch rollers, and to adjust the laminated tape takeup tension independently from the foil process tension.

Method and apparatus for laminating foils into a superconducting tape

A method of forming a long 100-inch low resistance lap joint suitable for joining magnet coils in a superconducting magnet assembly on the magnet drum, which is accomplished by forming a flat solder sandwich within a groove on the drum and moving a heat source along the lap joint with controlled temperature, pressure and rotational speed of the drum.

Coil leap lap joint for superconducting magnet

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Effingham, SC, United States of America

Gerhard S Kobus