Hitachi, Ltd.

Masahiro Ogihara

Katsuzo Aihara

Takahiko Kato

Ushio Kawabe

Hisanori Okamura

Kazumasa Takagi

Toshikazu Nishino

Yasuo Suzuki

Yutaka Misawa

Tokuumi Fukazawa

Takao Funamoto

Katsuki Miyauchi

Haruhiro Hasegawa

Yoshihide Wadayama

Jiro Kuniya

Naofumi Tada

Masahiko Sakamoto

Nobuhiro Hara

Keiji Arai

Masaki Satoh

Chie Sato

Katsuo Kouriki

A superconductor composite body have a plurality of superconductor elements. Each of superconductor elements has such a volume that the superconductor element is not magnetically saturated with a magnetic flux applied to the composite body. The superconductor elements are assembled in one plane into one body in a such manner that superconductor elements are electrically coupled with each other when the superconductor elements are united with the electrically conductive non-magnetic material. The superconductor elements can be simply secured or fixed to a substrate with an adhesive or other suitable manners. When the superconductor elements have a thickness 1 mm or more, a sufficient levitation force can be generated provided that a condition of the lateral area of the assembled elements which are determined by a magnetic field and a critical current density is satisfied.

Composite superconductor body and magnetic levitation system

A superconducting magnetic levitation apparatus for driving a floating body efficiently and controllably, for producing a strong driving force, and for generating a lifting magnetic field having a uniform intensity in a running direction and producing a guidance force in a lateral direction, to stably run the floating body. The superconducting magnetic levitation apparatus includes a lifting magnet for forming a track, a floating body made of a high-T.sub.c superconductor, and a cooling device for keeping the floating body at a superconducting state. A plurality of coils are disposed on the lifting magnet, to be used as propulsion electromagnets, for generating a magnetic field necessary for running the floating body, with each of the coils being a flat, air-core coil, and with the coils being excitable by a polyphase alternating current.

Superconducting magnetic levitation apparatus

A process for controlling an oxygen content of a non-superconductive or superconductive oxide is provided, in which a beam of particles such as ions, electrons or neutrons or an electromagnetic radiation is applied to the non-superconductive or superconductive oxide of a perovskite type such as YBa.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.7-x, thereby increasing or reducing the oxygen content of the oxide at the sites of oxygen in the crystal lattice of the oxide. Furthermore, a superconductive device such as a superconductive magnet, superconductive power transmission wire, superconductive transformer, superconductive shield, permanent current switch and electronic element is made by utilizing the process for controlling the oxygen concentration of the superconductive oxide.

Process for controlling oxygen content of superconductive oxide,

The present invention provides a method for joining of high-temperature oxide superconductors per se or a high-temperature oxide superconductor and other conductive material through a very simple process. According to this method, the joining is carried out by using an alloy comprising 0.1%-90% by weight of at least one divalent metallic element and the balance as a brazing material and heating and melting the brazing material. The resulting joined body has a joint low in resistance. The divalent metallic element of the alloy is preferably an element of Group IIA or IIB of the Periodic Table or a transition metal.

Joined body of high-temperature oxide superconductor and method of

In a superconducting switching device including a switching member comprising a superconducting wire, and a magnetic field generation section for controlling superconducting-normal conducting transition caused in the switching member, the switching member comprises an oxide superconductor having a high critical temperature and having a large electric resistivity value under the normal conductive state.

Superconducting switching device

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Katsuta, Japan

Masahiro Ogihara