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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jon S Martens, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Vincent M Hietala, Placitas, NM (US);
Gert K Hohenwarter, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B / ; H01L / ; H01P / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
505211 ; 307245 ; 505860 ; 505866 ; 333262 ;
Abstract
A HTS switch includes a HTS conductor for providing a superconducting path for an electrical signal and an serpentine wire actuator for controllably heating a portion of the conductor sufficiently to cause that portion to have normal, and not superconducting, resistivity. Mass of the portion is reduced to decrease switching time.