IP Library Granted Patent US 8,269,587
Granted Patent B2
US 8,269,587 · App. 12/955,234 · Granted Sep 18, 2012

Conduction cooling superconducting magnet device

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Patent No.
US 8,269,587
App. No.
12/955,234
Granted
Sep 18, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A superconducting coil is accommodated in a vacuum chamber. A radiation shield is arranged in the vacuum chamber with a prescribed space from the vacuum chamber to surround a periphery of the superconducting coil. A refrigerator cools the superconducting coil and the radiation shield by conduction. A provided member at least partly lies between the vacuum chamber and the radiation shield, through which heat is conducted from the vacuum chamber to the radiation shield. A cooling pipe has opposite end portions drawn out of the vacuum chamber and an intermediate portion in contact with the superconducting coil, the radiation shield, and the provided member. The provided member dissipates heat into a coolant flowing through the cooling pipe, to reduce the heat conducted to the radiation shield.

Claims (26)

1. A conduction cooling superconducting magnet device, comprising:

a vacuum chamber;

a superconducting coil accommodated in said vacuum chamber;

a radiation shield arranged in said vacuum chamber with a prescribed space from said vacuum chamber to surround a periphery of said superconducting coil;

a refrigerator for cooling said superconducting coil and said radiation shield by conduction;

a provided member at least partly lying between said vacuum chamber and said radiation shield, through which heat is conducted from said vacuum chamber to said radiation shield; and

a cooling pipe having opposite end portions drawn out of said vacuum chamber and an intermediate portion in contact with said superconducting coil, said radiation shield, and said provided member,

said provided member dissipating heat into a coolant flowing through said cooling pipe, to reduce the heat conducted to said radiation shield.

2. The conduction cooling superconducting magnet device according to claim 1 , wherein

said provided member includes a lead drawn out of said vacuum chamber from said superconducting coil.

3. The conduction cooling superconducting magnet device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a temperature measurement unit arranged in said radiation shield; and

an external display device arranged outside said vacuum chamber and connected to said temperature measurement unit via a lead, for displaying a measurement result from said temperature measurement unit, wherein

said provided member includes said lead.

4. The conduction cooling superconducting magnet device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a lead connected to said superconducting coil, for detecting a voltage applied to said superconducting coil; and

a voltage measurement unit arranged outside said vacuum chamber and connected to said lead, wherein

said provided member includes said lead.

5. The conduction cooling superconducting magnet device according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat insulating material arranged on an outer surface of said radiation shield to cover said radiation shield and being in contact with said vacuum chamber, wherein

said provided member includes said heat insulating material.

6. The conduction cooling superconducting magnet device according to claim 2 , wherein

said lead is wound around said cooling pipe.

7. The conduction cooling superconducting magnet device according to claim 3 , wherein

said lead is wound around said cooling pipe.

8. The conduction cooling superconducting magnet device according to claim 4 , wherein

said lead is wound around said cooling pipe.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 21, 2024
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067476/0956 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION; CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067014/0968 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2010
From: INOUE, TATSUYA; YOKOYAMA, SHOICHI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025426/0906 →