Granted Patent
B2
US 12,555,711 · App. 17/919,606 · Granted Feb 17, 2026
Techniques for distributing forces in high field magnets and related systems and methods
Inventors:
Alexey Radovinsky (Cambridge, MA); Alexander Zhukovsky (Brighton, MA); Nicholas J. Kelton (Somerville, MA); Sergey Kuznetsov (Attleboro, MA); Daniel Nash (Somerville, MA); Charlie Sanabria (Shirley, MA); Brian Labombard (Belmont, MA); Daniel Brunner (Savannah, GA); Grant William Kristofek (Wayland, MA)
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Abstract
Techniques are described for lowering strains applied to superconducting material in a superconducting magnet by arranging structural partitions between turns of the superconducting material that intercept and transfer strain to a mechanically stronger structure, such as the housing of the magnet. A structural partition may be formed with a feedthrough slit so that the superconducting material can easily pass through the partition. A number of structural partitions may be interspersed between groups of turns of superconducting material in a magnet so that forces can be sufficiently distributed by the partitions throughout the magnet. At the same time, the number of structural partitions may be selected to minimize the amount of space within the magnet occupied by the partitions that could otherwise be occupied by current-carrying superconducting material.
Claims (33)
1 . A high temperature superconductor (HTS) magnet comprising:
a coil comprising HTS material; a housing comprising at least a first partition having a feedthrough slit provided therein, wherein: the coil is arranged within the housing,
the first partition of the housing is arranged to separate a first portion of the coil from a second portion of the coil such that turns of the first portion of the coil are entirely arranged within the first partition and turns of the second portion of the coil are entirely arranged outside of the first partition, and the first partition is movable prior to winding the coil such that the feedthrough slit in the first partition is arranged at a position at which the HTS material of the coil may pass through the feedthrough slit in the first partition.
2 . The magnet of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a first structural plate and a second structural plate, wherein the coil is arranged between the first and second structural plates, and wherein the first partition comprises a wall extending between the first and second structural plates.
3 . The magnet of claim 2 , wherein the first structural plate comprises a first slot, and wherein the first partition is arranged within the first slot.
4 . The magnet of claim 1 , wherein the feedthrough slit extends through the height of the first partition.
5 . The magnet of claim 1 , wherein an outer dimension of the first partition is a spiral shape, and wherein the feedthrough slit of the first partition is a gap between adjacent turns of the spiral shape of the first partition.
6 . The magnet of claim 1 , wherein the HTS material is HTS tape.
7 . The magnet of claim 6 , further comprising an electrically conducting material arranged between at least some turns of the coil.
8 . The magnet of claim 7 , wherein the coil is formed from a plurality of layers of HTS tape and a layer of the electrically conducting material wound into a plurality of turns.
9 . The magnet of claim 6 , wherein the coil comprises turns of the HTS tape arranged such that turns of the HTS tape contact a face of the HTS tape in an adjacent turn.
10 . The magnet of claim 1 , further comprising a first conductive ring coupled to an interior end of the coil and a second conductive ring coupled to an exterior end of the coil.
11 . The magnet of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a second partition arranged exterior to the first partition and comprising a feedthrough slit through which the coil passes, wherein turns of the first portion of the coil and at least some turns of the second portion of the coil are entirely arranged within the second partition of the coil.
12 . The magnet of claim 1 , wherein the housing and the first partition each comprises steel, an austenitic nickel-chrome alloy, and/or a nitrogen-strengthened austenitic stainless steel.
13 . A magnet assembly comprising a plurality of instances of the magnet of claim 1 .
14 . A high temperature superconductor (HTS) magnet comprising:
a coil comprising HTS material;
a housing comprising at least a first partition, wherein:
the coil is arranged within the housing,
the first partition of the housing is arranged to separate a first portion of the coil from a second portion of the coil such that turns of the first portion of the coil are entirely arranged within the first partition and turns of the second portion of the coil are entirely arranged outside of the first partition, and
the first partition comprises a slit through which the coil passes;
wherein the housing comprises a first structural plate and a second structural plate, wherein the coil is arranged between the first and second structural plates, and wherein the first partition comprises a wall extending between the first and second structural plates;
wherein the first structural plate comprises a first circular slot, and wherein the first partition is arranged within the first circular slot; and
wherein the first partition is removably inserted within the first circular slot and wherein the first partition is free to rotate within the first circular slot.
15 . The magnet of claim 14 , wherein the feedthrough slit extends through the height of the first partition.
16 . The magnet of claim 14 , wherein an outer dimension of the first partition is a spiral shape, and wherein the feedthrough slit of the first partition is a gap between adjacent turns of the spiral shape of the first partition.
17 . The magnet of claim 14 , wherein the HTS material is HTS tape.
18 . The magnet of claim 17 , further comprising an electrically conducting material arranged between at least some turns of the coil.
19 . The magnet of claim 18 , wherein the coil is formed from a plurality of layers of HTS tape and a layer of the electrically conducting material wound into a plurality of turns.
20 . The magnet of claim 17 , wherein the coil comprises turns of the HTS tape arranged such that turns of the HTS tape contact a face of the HTS tape in an adjacent turn.
21 . The magnet of claim 14 , further comprising a first conductive ring coupled to an interior end of the coil and a second conductive ring coupled to an exterior end of the coil.
22 . The magnet of claim 14 , wherein the housing comprises a second partition arranged exterior to the first partition and comprising a feedthrough slit through which the coil passes, wherein turns of the first portion of the coil and at least some turns of the second portion of the coil are entirely arranged within the second partition of the coil.
23 . The magnet of claim 14 , wherein the housing and the first partition each comprises steel, an austenitic nickel-chrome alloy, and/or a nitrogen-strengthened austenitic stainless steel.
Assignments (3)
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT
Recorded Nov 10, 2022
From: RADOVINSKY, ALEXEY; ZHUKOVSKY, ALEXANDER; LABOMBARD, BRIAN
To: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 061915/0379 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: KUZNETSOV, SERGEY; SANABRIA, CHARLIE
To: COMMONWEALTH FUSION SYSTEMS LLC
Reel/Frame 061482/0022 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: KELTON, NICHOLAS J.; KUZNETSOV, SERGEY; NASH, DANIEL; SANABRIA, CHARLIE; BRUNNER, DANIEL; KRISTOFEK, GRANT WILLIAM
To: COMMONWEALTH FUSION SYSTEMS LLC
Reel/Frame 061732/0830 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application
63027552
· May 20, 2020
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