Suspension system and method for suspending an inner vessel inside an outer vessel of a cryostat

US8511632B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Mark Derakhshan · Brookfield, US
• William Louis Einziger · Florence, US
• Longzhi Jiang · Florence, US
• Timothy E. Wise · Austin, US
• Venkata Krishnan Veeraraghavan Narayanan · Florence, US
• Charles F. Helms, Jr. · Florence, US
• Charles D. Yarborough · Florence, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T292/0968
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A suspension system for a cryostat includes a coupling mechanism, a fixation body, and a pin. The coupling mechanism is joined to an outer vessel and coupled with a strap. The fixation body is joined to an inner vessel. The fixation body extends between a front side that faces the coupling mechanism and an opposite receiving side with an interior channel extending from the receiving side to the front side. The channel defines a front opening in the front side and a rear opening in the receiving side. The pin is loaded into the fixation body through the rear opening in the receiving side of the fixation body with the strap looped around the pin and extending through the front opening to the coupling mechanism. The pin secures the coupling mechanism to the fixation body via the strap by engaging the fixation body inside the channel.