US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on June 9 for "Stabilization and tuning of persistent currents using variable inductance" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,685, issued on June 9, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Stabilization and tuning of persistent currents using variable inductance" was invented by Lucas Brouwer (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alternative approach to flux pumping in superconducting devices is described for fast and extremely precise tuning of the current during persistent mode operation. Rather than bringing in new flux from outside the circuit, the alternative approach stores a small flux in a tunable inductor (also referred to herein as a "flux bank") at the initial point of powering. Flux can be tran...