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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:
Mar. 04, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
William D Wilber, Neptune, NJ (US);
Ernest Potenziani, II, Ocean, NJ (US);
Steven C Tidrow, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Arthur Tauber, Elberon, NJ (US);
Donald W Eckart, Wall, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
505211 ; 310317 ; 310328 ; 310311 ; 327371 ;
Abstract
A piezoelectrically controlled superconducting switch is provided for use in superconducting devices and piezoelectric devices. This switch includes a substrate, a superconductor which is bonded to the substrate, and a piezoelectric subassembly which has a load applicator and voltage source for straining the superconductor and for changing its superconductor curve of resistivity versus temperature.