Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fault tolerant superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) device
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Application No.: US15174002Application Date: 2016-06-06
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Publication No.: US10566120B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Michael James Armstrong , Andrew Mark Bollman
- Applicant: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. , Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.,Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.,Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: H01F6/06
- IPC: H01F6/06 ; H01F6/00

Abstract:
A superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) device having a plurality of interwoven windings provides for alternative discharge paths for energy stored as magnetic fields in the windings in response to an open-circuit winding fault in one of the windings.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170358386A1 FAULT TOLERANT SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE (SMES) DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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