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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2016
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Stephen Mark Husband, Derby, GB;
Paul Robert Miller, Derby, GB;
Alexander Charles Smith, Manchester, GB;
Peter Malkin, Chester, GB;
ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A termination unit for a superconductor network. Including a primary system that includes a first superconductor cable. Also a first superconducting coil and a first auxiliary magnetizing coil, each coil wound around the first superconductor cable. Also a terminal including a first leg, the first leg including an aperture configured to receive the first superconductor cable. The first leg defining a clearance about the first superconductor cable at ambient temperature and arranged to firmly clamp onto the first superconductor cable at a cryogenic temperature. The termination unit including a cooling system arranged to enclose and cool the primary system to cryogenic temperatures.