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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1999
Peter M. McIntyre, College Station, TX (US);
Rainer H. Soika, College Station, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
An armored spring-core superconducting cable ( ) is provided. The armored spring-core superconducting cable ( ) may include a spring-core ( ), at least one superconducting strand ( ) wound onto the spring-core ( ), and an armored shell ( ) that encases the superconducting strands ( ). The spring-core ( ) is generally a perforated tube that allows purge gases and cryogenic liquids to be circulated through the armored superconducting cable ( ), as well as managing the internal stresses within the armored spring-core superconducting cable ( ). The armored shell ( ) manages the external stresses of the armored spring-core superconducting cable ( ) to protect the fragile superconducting strands ( ). The armored spring-core superconducting cable ( ) may also include a conductive jacket ( ) formed outwardly of the armored shell ( ).