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5956957 Cryostat apparatus  
A cryostat having inner and outer vessels, with a containment vessel disposed in the interior of the cryostat spaced from the inner vessel wall. The containment vessel houses a superconducting coil...
5941080 Thin-walled cryostat  
A cryostat includes an upper shell and a lower shell connected along a seam. The shells are made of a relatively thin material which would be subject to collapse once the cryostat is evacuated. In...
5941079 Microminiature stirling cycle cryocoolers and engines  
A microminiature Stirling cycle engine or cooler is formed utilizing semiconductor, planar processing techniques. Such a Stirling cycle thermomechanical transducer has silicon end plates and an...
5934082 Indirect cooling system for an electrical device  
A cooling system for indirect cooling of a device, in particular a superconducting device, located in a vacuum chamber includes at least one refrigerating machine component. This refrigerating...
5921102 Storage apparatus particularly with automatic insertion and retrieval  
A storage unit includes a housing with a storage chamber, a carrier disposed inside the chamber for supporting a plurality of specimens in a predetermined array, and an access port on the housing...
5918470 Thermal conductance gasket for zero boiloff superconducting magnet  
A recondensing zero boiloff superconducting magnet assembly utilizing a cryocooler with a compressible indium gasket positioned between the cryocooler and the recondenser and with the gasket...
5913888 Antenna device having at least one cooled antenna  
Within a cryostat housing (17), an antenna device (7) having an antenna (16) to be cooled by a cryogenic medium (M). The cryostat housing includes a cold head (15) of a pulse tube cooler, whose...
5906101 Dewar flask-compatible storage system and method of use thereof  
A system for storing a plurality of cryopreservable samples is provided, comprising a liquid nitrogen Dewar flask having a substantially circular opening of diameter X defined therein, the Dewar...
5894733 Cryogenic specimen container and labeled sleeve combination and method of using same  
A sleeve structure and method are provided for use with a cryogenic specimen container which is maintained at a cryogenic temperature below -80° C. to allow for labeling of the specimen container....
5893269 Crystal freezing apparatus  
A crystal freezing apparatus in accordance with the invention includes a first chamber for receiving a macromolecular structure and a second chamber which includes a cryogenic liquid holder. Gas...
5887449 Dual stage active magnetic regenerator and method  
A dual stage active magnetic regenerator refrigerator as well as method using the Joule-Brayton thermodynamic cycle includes a high temperature stage refrigerant comprising DyAl 2 or (Dy 1 -x Er x...
5884489 Superconducting magnets  
A super-conducting electro-magnet for use in an MRI system comprising a helium vessel within which magnet windings are positioned, a vacuum chamber within which the helium vessel is contained, at...
5864273 Cryocooler vibration isolation and noise reduction in magnetic resonance imaging  
Vibration and noise isolation for a magnetic resonance imager (MRI) superconducting magnet cryocooler includes a bellows between the cryocooler and its vacuum sleeve in the magnet, a mass suspended...
5861574 Apparatus for mounting a superconducting element  
An apparatus for mounting a superconducting element includes a first chamber which accommodates a first coolant and maintains the superconducting element at a very low temperature, a second chamber...
5857342 Temperature controlling cryogenic package system  
A temperature controlled cryogenic package system for efficiently and precisely monitoring and controlling the operating temperature of a high temperature superconductor circuit placed on a...
5857341 Specimen-cooling device  
There is disclosed a sample-cooling device for efficiently cooling a sample observed with a scanning probe microscope down to a cryogenic temperature. Cryogenic temperature provided by liquid...
5848532 Cooling system for superconducting magnet  
A cooling system is configured to control the flow of a refrigerant by controlling the rate at which the refrigerant is heated, thereby providing an efficient and reliable approach to cooling a...
5845500 Magnetic telescope with enhanced noise suppression  
A magnetic telescope utilized to detect flaws in underground articles such as underground piping, implements multiple stages in the form of geometric and electronic configurations to enhance noise...
5842348 Self-contained cooling apparatus for achieving cyrogenic temperatures  
A cryogenic cooling apparatus including a vacuum container for containing an object to be cooled, at least one refrigerator for cooling the object, and a thermal switch unit. The refrigerator has a...
5829256 Specimen freezing apparatus  
An apparatus for cryogenically freezing tissue specimens includes a linear motion platform and a pair of rotary motion platforms. The rotary motion platforms can be used alternatively with respect...
5816052 Method and apparatus for mechanically cooling energy dispersive X-ray spectrometers  
An improved X-ray spectrometer detector system includes a mechanical cooling system with a compressor connected by supply and return lines to a cryocooler connected to an X-ray dispersive...
5806318 Cooling using a cryogenic liquid and a contacting gas  
A cooling apparatus includes a dewar and a quantity of liquid nitrogen within the container. Gaseous helium is contacted to the liquid nitrogen, either by contacting its top surface or by being...
5787714 Cooling method and energizing method of superconductor  
A method is provided for cooling a high temperature superconductor such as an oxide superconductor to a lower temperature at a lower cost with a more simple system. A superconducting coil is...
5782095 Cryogen recondensing superconducting magnet  
A helium cooled superconducting magnet assembly with helium gas recondensing apparatus to return liquid helium to the helium supply in the helium vessel in which the recondensing apparatus...
5778681 Cooling device for cooling heatable gas chromatography analyte sample injector  
The present invention is an improved modular cooling device for cooling gas chromatography analyte sample injectors. The invention is embodied in a series of tubes connected in fluid communication...
5759960 Superconductive device having a ceramic superconducting lead resistant to breakage  
A superconductive device (e.g., magnet) having a superconductive lead assembly and cooled by a cryocooler coldhead having first and second stages. A first ceramic superconductive lead has a first...
5744959 NMR measurement apparatus with pulse tube cooler  
A NMR measurement apparatus comprising a cryostat (10) in which a superconducting magnet coil system (9) is disposed in a first tank (8) having cryogenic liquid and surrounded by additional cooling...
5737927 Cryogenic cooling apparatus and cryogenic cooling method for cooling object to very low temperatures  
A cryogenic cooling apparatus is provided, wherein the degree of freedom of installation and use is increased without deteriorating the reliability or stability and the range of uses of the...
5735129 Specimen-cooling system for electron microscope or the like  
A cooling system for an electron microscope specimen comprises a refrigerant container, a passage for introducing the refrigerant into a heat-exchanging position, a flow rate-adjusting valve...
5735127 Cryogenic cooling apparatus with voltage isolation  
A cryogenic cooling apparatus (cryocooler) with voltage isolation includes a cold end structure, which may be placed in thermally and electrically conductive contact with an electrically charged...
5724820 Permanent magnet system based on high-temperature superconductors with recooling and recharging capabilities  
In a "permanent" magnet system based on high-temperature superconductors, a superconducting magnet is cooled to a temperature below its critical temperature with a cooler. The magnet is coupled to...
5720173 Gas-cooled bushing in cryotanks for superconducting applications  
A cooling device for cooling of current leads (6, 7) in the bushings of a cryotank (1), wherein the current leads in the gas-filled part of the cryotank are designed as plate-formed sub-leads (12)...
5701745 Cryogenic cold shelf  
A cryogenic cold shelf for use in a freeze drying system having a cryogen distributor for passing cryogenic fluid into the shelf volume of the cold shelf at differing rates so as to even...
5701744 Magnetic resonance imager with helium recondensing  
A cryogen recondensing system magnetic resonance imager superconducting magnet and a cryogen recondensing system with a rare earth displacement material cryocooler and superconductive lead bismuth...
5701742 Configured indium gasket for thermal joint in cryocooler  
An indium gasket having a configuration which allows the indium to reach its yield point at a relatively low contact pressure. The indium gasket is provided with a multiplicity of openings which...
5697220 Refrigeration of superconducting magnet systems  
A refrigeration system includes a dewar and a refrigerator/liquefier which meets the variable demands of a superconducting magnet within the dewar. The system is sized to meet average loads over a...
5694775 Magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus  
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus generates a radiofrequency magnetic field to excite magnetization spins of a subject placed in a static magnetic field, and which receives magnetic resonance...
5692379 Long term thermally stable cryostat  
A long-term thermally stable cryostat (40). The cryostat (40) pre-cools an incoming high-pressure gas, converts it to a cold liquid, contains the liquid, and cools an item by allowing the liquid to...
5682751 Demountable thermal coupling and method for cooling a superconductor device  
A demountable thermal coupling for engaging a refrigeration unit with a cryogenic device includes a collet assembly which is slidingly mounted against a retainer ring in the passageway of a sleeve...
5668516 Simplified active shield superconducting magnet assembly for magnetic resonance imaging  
An improved actively shielded superconducting magnet in which the main and bucking coils are directly wound onto respective coil support structures made of glass fiber-reinforced epoxy. The main...
5661980 Thermally stabilized dewar assembly, and its preparation  
A dewar assembly has a wall contacting a liquefied gas within the interior of the dewar assembly. The dewar assembly is processed so as to remove the stable gaseous film boiling layer that is...
5660053 Cold table  
A ceramic composite is provided comprising ceramic fibers and microparticles bound together as a porous matrix with a ceramic binder. The ceramic composite is particularly useful for transporting...
5657634 Convection cooling of bellows convolutions using sleeve penetration tube  
A sleeve assembly for reducing the thermal conduction heat load from the bellows penetration tube to the heliumvessel of a superconducting magnet assembly. The sleeve assembly is designed to force...
5653112 Cryocooler system with welded cold tip  
A cryocooler system (20) includes a heat sink (24), such as a Stirling cycle heat engine having a cold cylinder sleeve (26) and a cold gas pocket region (32) within the cold cylinder sleeve (26)....
5653113 Cooling system  
There is provided a cooling chamber which communicates with a nozzle pipe. A heat absorption portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of an expansion chamber of a cryopump and the heat...
5651256 Superconductive magnet having a thermal shield  
A superconductive magnet has a superconductive coil surrounded by a thermal shield surrounded by a vacuum enclosure. The thermal shield has one and preferably several flexible layers of thermally...
5648638 Low-temperature current transfer structure with heat exchanger  
In a low-temperature current transfer structure including a conductor with a cold end for connection to a superconductive component and a warm end for connection to a bus, there are provided heat...
5647228 Apparatus and method for regulating temperature in a cryogenic test chamber  
A dual capillary inlet cryogenic test chamber having the ability to continuously regulate temperature between about 1.5 K. and 400 K. A controllably heated capillary tube is located in the...
5644855 Cryogenically purged mini environment  
A portable contamination-sensitive component transport container provides a continuously purged environment for the components. The container includes an attached cryogenically liquefied inert gas...
5644919 Cryogenic cold storage device  
A ceramic composite is provided comprising ceramic fibers and microparticles bound together as a porous matrix with a ceramic binder. The ceramic composite is particularly useful for transporting...