MUMBAI, India, June 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517029433 A) filed by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Abingdon, U.K., on March 27, for 'a superconductor connector assembly and methods of assembly and disassembly.'
Inventor(s) include Greenwood, Jack Richard; Allen, Steven Mark; Holt, Julian; Muscat, Peter; Sprengel, Jan; Dieudonne, Yannik; Daniels, Peter; Lamb, Chris; and Jones, Tim.
The application for the patent was published on June 20, under issue no. 25/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "According to an aspect, there is provided a superconductor connector assembly for electrically connecting a first superconductor cable and a second superconductor cable, the superconductor connector assembly comprising: at least one first superconducting cable terminal, the first superconducting cable terminal comprising at least one first opening for receiving an end of the first superconductor cable; at least one second superconducting cable terminal, the second superconducting cable terminal comprising at least one second opening for receiving an end of the second superconductor cable; and a surrounding part that is configured to receive and surround the first superconducting cable terminal and the second superconducting cable terminal, wherein the first and second openings overlap when the first superconducting cable terminal and the second superconducting cable terminal are received in the surrounding part, wherein the surrounding part is made from a material that has a thermal expansion coefficient different from a thermal expansion coefficient of the first and second superconducting cable terminals such that the first superconducting cable terminal and the second superconducting cable terminal are compressed together and form an electrical interface at an operating temperature of the superconductor connector assembly."
The patent application was internationally filed on Sept. 27, 2023, under International application No.PCT/GB2023/052502.
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