Patents by Inventor Yunxing Song

Yunxing Song has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11869709
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a superconducting magnet system and a quench protection circuit thereof. The quench protection circuit includes: a superconducting unit, a first diode integrated element, a second diode integrated element, a third diode integrated element, a low-temperature superconducting switch, a thermal shield and a vacuum vessel. The superconducting unit is composed of M superconducting coils connected in series. The low-temperature superconducting switch is connected to the first superconducting coil and the M-th superconducting coil. The first diode integrated element is connected in parallel with the low-temperature superconducting switch; the thermal shield and the second diode integrated element are connected in series and then connected in parallel at both ends of any symmetrical coil subsets in the superconducting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yunxing Song, Liang Li
  • Publication number: 20230137679
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a superconducting magnet system and a quench protection circuit thereof. The quench protection circuit includes: a superconducting unit, a first diode integrated element, a second diode integrated element, a third diode integrated element, a low-temperature superconducting switch, a thermal shield and a vacuum vessel. The superconducting unit is composed of M superconducting coils connected in series. The low-temperature superconducting switch is connected to the first superconducting coil and the M-th superconducting coil. The first diode integrated element is connected in parallel with the low-temperature superconducting switch; the thermal shield and the second diode integrated element are connected in series and then connected in parallel at both ends of any symmetrical coil subsets in the superconducting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yunxing SONG, Liang LI
  • Publication number: 20230065221
    Abstract: The disclosure belongs to the field of quench protection of a superconducting magnet system and specifically relates to a quench protection circuit for a superconducting magnet system based on a distributed heater network including M superconducting coils connected in series and a heater network formed by N heater modules, where M>N and N?3. Different heater modules are connected in parallel with different superconducting coil subsets, and all superconducting coil subsets have spatial symmetry. Each heater module has m parallel branches, and each parallel branch has n heaters connected in parallel, where m?1, n?1, and when N=1, m>1. Each heater in the heater network is thermally coupled to one superconducting coil among the M superconducting coils, and each superconducting coil is thermally coupled to at least one heater in each heater module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yunxing SONG, Liang LI
  • Patent number: 10586638
    Abstract: A quench protection apparatus includes a number N of superconducting coils and a heater matrix. The number N of superconducting coils are electrically coupled in series. The heater matrix module includes the number N of heater units. The number N of heater units is electrically coupled in parallel with the number N of superconducting coils respectively. A number M of the heater units each includes at least the number N of heaters. Each superconducting coil is thermally coupled with at least one heater of each of the number M of the heater units. The number of N-M of the heater units each includes at least one heater. Each of the number M of superconducting coils correspondingly coupled with the number M of the heater units is thermally coupled with at least one heater of each of the number N-M of the heater units. A superconducting magnet system protected by above quench protection apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Minfeng Xu, Evangelos Laskaris, Weijun Shen, Jianshe Wang, Anbo Wu, Ye Bai, Yunxing Song
  • Publication number: 20170250018
    Abstract: A quench protection apparatus includes a number N of superconducting coils and a heater matrix. The number N of superconducting coils are electrically coupled in series. The heater matrix module includes the number N of heater units. The number N of heater units is electrically coupled in parallel with the number N of superconducting coils respectively. A number M of the heater units each includes at least the number N of heaters. Each superconducting coil is thermally coupled with at least one heater of each of the number M of the heater units. The number of N-M of the heater units each includes at least one heater. Each of the number M of superconducting coils correspondingly coupled with the number M of the heater units is thermally coupled with at least one heater of each of the number N-M of the heater units. A superconducting magnet system protected by above quench protection apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Minfeng Xu, Evangelos Laskaris, Weijun Shen, Jian-She Wang, Anbo Wu, Ye Bai, Yunxing Song