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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2021
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Commonwealth Fusion Systems Llc, Devens, MA (US);
Brian Labombard, Belmont, MA (US);
Robert Mumgaard, Boston, MA (US);
William Beck, Alton Bay, NH (US);
Jeffrey Doody, Melrose, MA (US);
Rui Vieira, Billerica, MA (US);
Richard C. Leccacorvi, Arlington, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC, Devens, MA (US);
Abstract
Schemes are described for conductor and coolant placement in stacked-plate superconducting magnets, including arranging coolant channels and conducting channels within the plates on opposing faces. If the two types of channels are aligned with one another across the plate stacks, the plates may be stacked such that the cooling channel in one plate is adjacent to the conducting channel of the neighboring plate. By stacking a number of these plates, therefore, cooling may be supplied to each conducting channel through the cooling channels of each neighboring plate. Moreover, by aligning the two types of channels, the stacks of plates may have improved mechanical strength because mechanical load paths through the entire stack that do not pass through any of the channels may be created. This arrangement of channels may produce a very strong stack of plates that can withstand high Lorentz loads.