US Patent Issued to Tokamak Energy on Feb. 24 for "Quench protection in high-temperature superconducting magnets" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,298, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Tokamak Energy Ltd (Abingdon, Great Britain).

"Quench protection in high-temperature superconducting magnets" was invented by Robert Slade (Abingdon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A superconducting magnet comprising a field coil comprising high temperature superconducting material and having a joint; a bypass resistance comprising a non-superconducting conductive material, wherein the bypass resistance is electrically connected to the field coil on both sides of the joint; wherein the joint is openable to break the field coil such that current flowing in the superconductor flows ...