Patents by Inventor Thompson Paul S.

Thompson Paul S. 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).

  • MRI magnet having a vibration-isolated cryocooler
    Patent number: 5363077
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging magnet includes a cryocooler penetration assembly and a superconducting coil assembly. The cryocooler penetration assembly has a thermal station within a thermal box within a vacuum vessel. The superconducting coil assembly has a magnet cartridge within a thermal shield within a vacuum enclosure. A flexible bellows hermetically connects the vacuum vessel and the vacuum enclosure. A first rigid thermal busbar is rigidly attached to the thermal shield, and a first flexible thermal busbar thermally connects the thermal box and the first rigid thermal busbar. A second rigid thermal busbar is rigidly attached to the magnet cartridge, and a second flexible thermal busbar thermally connects the second rigid thermal busbar and the thermal station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Herd, Evangelos T. Laskaris, Thompson Paul S.