Patents by Inventor Alexander James PYNE

Alexander James PYNE 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).

  • QUENCH PROTECTION FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING (HTS) LEADS
    Publication number: 20220260657
    Abstract: An apparatus (200) includes a cryostat (202) containing a volume of myogenic fluid. One or more electrically superconducting coils (204) is disposed within the cryostat. The one or more electrically superconducting coils is configured to produce a magnetic field when an electrical current is passed therethrough. One or more high temperature superconducting (HTS) current leads (206) is permanently disposed within the cryostat and coupled to the one or more electrically superconducting coils. One or more sensors (222) is positioned at or near the one or more HTS current leads to monitor the status of the HTS current leads. An HTS protection switch (208) is selectively coupled to the one or more HTS current leads. A magnet controller (220) controls the HTS protection switch to divert current from the one or more HTS current leads upon detection via the sensors of a quench of the one or more HTS current leads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Ezra Petrus Antonius VAN LANEN, Matthew Jonathan VOSS, John Robert ROGERS, John Arthur URBAHN, Alexander James PYNE