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Drive system employing frictionless bearings including superconducting matter

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5443292

This patent describes an apparatus. It comprises a rotatable support member; a pair of first magnets positioned at opposite ends of the support member, the magnets having axes of symmetry and being rotatable about the axes; a mass of a superconducting material positioned adjacent each first magnet so that based on current understanding each magnet is levitated from the mass of superconducting material by means of persistent currents induced in the mass of superconducting material by the first magnets.

Assignee:
Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (United States)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 5061679
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-325300
OSTI ID:
5443292
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English