Patents by Inventor Bruce R. Sloan

Bruce R. Sloan 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).

  • Publication number: 20230046818
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet device includes a superconducting coil; a radiation shield that thermally protects the superconducting coil; a main cold head that cools the superconducting coil; a sub-cold head that cools the radiation shield; a common compressor that supplies a refrigerant gas to the main cold head and the sub-cold head; a first temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the radiation shield; a second temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the superconducting coil; and a controller configured to activate the sub-cold head for initial cooling of the superconducting magnet device, stop the sub-cold head based on an output of the first temperature sensor or the second temperature sensor, and operate the main cold head in a state where the sub-cold head is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichiro IKEYA, Bruce R. Sloan