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Patent No.:

US 5115219 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1992

Filed:

Jun. 04, 1990

Superconducting magnetic energy storage apparatus structural support

Applicant:
Inventors:

Gregory J Withers, Bolingbrook, IL (US);

Stephen W Meier, Bolingbrook, IL (US);

Robert J Walter, Batavia, IL (US);

Michael D Child, Naperville, IL (US);

Douglas W DeGraaf, Downers Grove, IL (US);

Assignee:

Chicago Bridge and Iron Technical Services, Oak Brook, IL (US);

Attorney:

Marshall, O'Toole, Gerstein, Murray & Bicknell

Primary Examiner:

Leo P Picard

Assistant Examiner:

Trinidad Korka

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
335216 ; 335300 ;
Abstract

A superconducting magnetic energy storage apparatus comprising a cylindrical superconducting coil; a cylindrical coil containment vessel enclosing the coil and adapted to hold a liquid, such as liquefied helium; and a cylindrical vacuum vessel enclosing the coil containment vessel and located in a restraining structure having inner and outer circumferential walls and a floor; the apparatus being provided with horizontal compression members between (1) the coil and the coil containment vessel and (2) between the coil containment vessel and the vacuum vessel, compression bearing members between the vacuum vessel and the restraining structure inner and outer walls, vertical support members (1) between the coil bottom and the coil containment vessel bottom and (2) between the coil containment vessel bottom and the vacuum vessel bottom, and external supports between the vacuum vessel bottom and the restraining structure floor, whereby the loads developed by thermal and magnetic energy changes in the apparatus can be accommodated and the structural integrity of the apparatus be maintained.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Withers, Gregory. (1992). Superconducting magnetic energy storage apparatus structural support (U.S. Patent No. 5115219). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5115219

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