IP Library Granted Patent US 9,431,160
Granted Patent B2
US 9,431,160 · App. 14/355,367 · Granted Aug 30, 2016

Superconducting magnet

Inventor: Tatsuya Inoue (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
H01F6/04H01F6/06H01F6/065H01R4/68
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Patent No.
US 9,431,160
App. No.
14/355,367
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A superconducting magnet includes a superconducting coil, a helium tank that accommodates the superconducting coil and stores liquid helium therein, a radiation shield that surrounds a periphery of the helium tank, a vacuum vessel that accommodates the radiation shield, an exhaust port that is connected to the helium tank and exhausts gasified helium, a lead that electrically connects an external power supply and the superconducting coil and is attachable to and removable from the vacuum vessel, a connector that connects the lead and the superconducting coil, and a thermal conductive member having one end in contact with at least one of the connector and the exhaust port, and having the other end located outside the vacuum vessel and attachable to and removable from the vacuum vessel.

Claims (30)

1. A superconducting magnet comprising:

a superconducting coil;

a helium tank that accommodates said superconducting coil and stores liquid helium therein;

a radiation shield that surrounds a periphery of said helium tank;

a vacuum vessel that accommodates said radiation shield;

an exhaust port that is connected to said helium tank and exhausts gasified helium;

a lead that electrically connects an external power supply and said superconducting coil and is attachable to and removable from said vacuum vessel;

a connector that connects said lead and said superconducting coil; and

a thermal conductive member having one end in contact with said connector and said exhaust port, and having the other end located outside said vacuum vessel and attachable to and removable from said vacuum vessel,

said connector including two connection terminals that electrically connect said lead and said superconducting coil, a main body that holds said two connection terminals and has thermal conductivity, and an electrical insulating portion interposed between said two connection terminals and said main body, and

said thermal conductive member being in contact with a full length of said main body in a direction in which said two connection terminals are aligned.

2. A superconducting magnet comprising:

a superconducting coil;

a helium tank that accommodates said superconducting coil and stores liquid helium therein;

a radiation shield that surrounds a periphery of said helium tank;

a vacuum vessel that accommodates said radiation shield;

an exhaust port that is connected to said helium tank and exhausts gasified helium;

a lead that electrically connects an external power supply and said superconducting coil and is attachable to and removable from said vacuum vessel;

a connector that connects said lead and said superconducting coil; and

a thermal conductive member having one end in contact with said connector and said exhaust port, and having the other end located outside said vacuum vessel and attachable to and removable from said vacuum vessel.

3. The superconducting magnet according to claim 2 , further comprising

a heating unit that heats the other end of said thermal conductive member.

4. The superconducting magnet according to claim 2 , wherein

said connector includes a connection terminal that electrically connects said lead and said superconducting coil, a main body that holds said connection terminal and has thermal conductivity, and an electrical insulating portion interposed between said connection terminal and said main body.

5. The superconducting magnet according to claim 1 , wherein

said thermal conductive member contains copper.

6. The superconducting magnet according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal conductive member is L-shaped.

7. The superconducting magnet according to claim 2 , wherein the thermal conductive member is L-shaped.

8. The superconducting magnet according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the thermal conductive member is disposed below the main body of the connector, and another portion of the thermal conductive member is disposed above the connector.

9. The superconducting magnet according to claim 2 , wherein a portion of the thermal conductive member is disposed below the main body of the connector, and another portion of the thermal conductive member is disposed above the connector.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054440/0040 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2014
From: INOUE, TATSUYA
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032790/0211 →
Continuity (1)
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