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Title: Electrical connection structure for a superconductor element

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176262

The invention relates to an electrical connection structure for a superconductor element cooled by a cryogenic fluid and connected to an electrical bushing, which bushing passes successively through an enclosure at an intermediate temperature between ambient temperature and the temperature of the cryogenic fluid, and an enclosure at ambient temperature, said bushing projecting outside the ambient temperature enclosure. According to the invention, said intermediate enclosure is filled at least in part with a solid material of low thermal conductivity, such as a polyurethane foam or a cellular glass foam. The invention is applicable to connecting a superconductor cable at cryogenic temperature to a device for equipment at ambient temperature.

Research Organization:
US Dept. of Energy (USDOE), Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-00GO13032
Assignee:
Lallouet, Nicolas (Fiennes, FR)
Patent Number(s):
7,708,577
Application Number:
11/373,816
OSTI ID:
1176262
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2006 Mar 09
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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