ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,925, issued on April 7, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).
"Superconducting current control system" was invented by Cody James Ballard (Catonsville, Md.), Joel D. Strand (Ellicott City, Md.) and Thomas Bernhard Chamberlin (Baltimore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example includes a superconducting current control system. The system includes an inductive coupler comprising a load inductor and a control inductor. The inductive coupler can be configured to inductively provide a control current from the control inductor to a superconducting circuit device based on a load current being provided through...