Superconducting magnet split cryostat interconnect assembly

US6289681A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Phillip W. Eckels · Pittsburgh, US
• Richard Thomas Hackett · Memphis, US
• Gregory F. Hayworth · Florence, US
• Xianrui Huang · Forest, US
• Clifford J. Ginfrida · Florence, US
• Gregory Alan Lehmann · Florence, US
• John Scaturro, Jr. · Florence, US
• Bu-Xin Xu · Florence, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 1999
• Grant date: Sep 18, 2001
• Expiry date: Nov 17, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/3802
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A multi purpose interconnect assembly between upper and lower helium vessels in a recondensing superconducting magnet to provide isothermal connections to extend the ride-through period, and to provide for helium liquid and gas passage, electrical interconnections, and to accommodate differential thermal contraction and expansion.