US Patent Issued to Koninklijke Philips on April 14 for "System for controlling a superconducting coil with a magnetic persistent current switch" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,205, issued on April 14, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"System for controlling a superconducting coil with a magnetic persistent current switch" was invented by Peter Forthmann (Sandesneben, Germany) and Philippe Abel Menteur (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system for controlling a superconducting coil (6) with a magnetic persistent current switch (7). The magnetic persistent current switch (7) is used for switching the superconducting coil (6) between a persistent mode and a ramp mode, respectively. The system further comprises a heat exchanger (10) con...