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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:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
James D Hodge, Lincolnwood, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Superconductor Corporation, Evanston, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 19 ; 361 93 ; 361141 ;
Abstract
A fault current limiter incorporating a high temperature superconductor material. During a fault condition, the superconductor material is allowed to operate above its critical temperature, providing sharply increased resistance. The fault current limiter can be sized and selectively cooled to provide a desired range of fault current limiting capability.