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US 12,300,429 · App. 17/785,401 · Granted May 13, 2025

Superconducting electromagnet device

Inventor: Taisaku Gomyo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
H01F6/04
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Patent No.
US 12,300,429
App. No.
17/785,401
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The superconducting electromagnet device includes a superconducting coil, a refrigerant container, a refrigerator, a heat exchanger, and a cooling cylinder. The refrigerant container accommodates refrigerant that cools the superconducting coil. The refrigerator includes a refrigeration stage. The heat exchanger is arranged inside the refrigerant container and connected to the refrigeration stage to cool refrigerant gas vaporized from the refrigerant. The cooling cylinder includes a bottom and a peripheral wall erected from an outer edge of the bottom, and is arranged inside the refrigerant container to surround the heat exchanger. The cooling cylinder is provided with an opening, through which the refrigerant gas flows, in the peripheral wall. The cooling cylinder stores liquid refrigerant recondensed by the heat exchanger on the bottom.

Claims (42)

1. A superconducting electromagnet device comprising:

a superconducting coil;

a refrigerant container which accommodates refrigerant that cools the superconducting coil, the refrigerant container in direct contact with the refrigerant;

a refrigerator having a refrigeration stage;

a heat exchanger which is disposed inside the refrigerant container and connected to the refrigeration stage to cool refrigerant gas vaporized from liquid refrigerant; and

a cooling cylinder which has a bottom and a peripheral wall erected from an outer edge of the bottom, and is arranged inside the refrigerant container to surround the heat exchanger,

the cooling cylinder including at least an opening, through which the refrigerant gas flows, in the peripheral wall and storing the liquid refrigerant recondensed by the heat exchanger on the bottom wherein the at least an opening includes a plurality of openings at intervals along circumference of the peripheral wall.

2. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 1 , wherein

the cooling cylinder is connected to one of the refrigeration stage and the heat exchanger.

3. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 1 , wherein

the cooling cylinder is connected to the refrigerant container.

4. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 3 , wherein

the refrigeration stage is disposed outside the refrigerant container, and

the heat exchanger and the refrigeration stage are connected to each other by a connection conductor.

5. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 1 , wherein

the heat exchanger has a fin extending toward the bottom, and

a surface of the fin including a plurality of grooves.

6. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 1 , wherein

the cooling cylinder has a fin on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall.

7. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 2 , wherein

the heat exchanger has a fin extending toward the bottom, and

a plurality of grooves are on a surface of the fin.

8. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 3 , wherein

the heat exchanger has a fin extending toward the bottom, and

a plurality of grooves are on a surface of the fin.

9. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 4 , wherein

the heat exchanger has a fin extending toward the bottom, and

a plurality of grooves are on a surface of the fin.

10. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 2 , wherein

the cooling cylinder has a fin on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall.

11. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 3 , wherein

the cooling cylinder has a fin on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall.

12. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 4 , wherein

the cooling cylinder has a fin on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall.

13. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 5 , wherein

the cooling cylinder has a fin on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall.

14. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 7 , wherein

the cooling cylinder has a fin on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall.

15. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 8 , wherein

the cooling cylinder has a fin on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall.

16. The superconducting electromagnet device according to claim 9 , wherein

the cooling cylinder has a fin on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066867/0717 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2022
From: GOMYO, TAISAKU
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060206/0562 →
Continuity (1)
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