Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Superconducting air core inductor systems and methods
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Application No.: US15286448Application Date: 2016-10-05
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Publication No.: US10573458B2Publication Date: 2020-02-25
- Inventor: John R. Hull , Vyacheslav Khozikov , Shengyi Liu , Eugene V. Solodovnik , John Dalton Williams
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: H01F6/04
- IPC: H01F6/04 ; H01F41/04 ; H01F37/00 ; H01F6/06

Abstract:
Provided is a low-weight, high-efficiency inductor design for use with or in electrical power equipment, such as inverters. A toroidal power inductor includes a support structure comprising an outer shell, an inner shell, and one or more coolant channels formed therebetween, a plurality of conductors wrapped around and supported by an exterior surface of the outer shell, and an interior cavity substantially enclosed by the inner shell of the toroidal support structure. The plurality of conductors are configured to provide an inductance for the toroidal power inductor, and the one or more coolant channels are distributed beneath the exterior surface of the outer shell to cool the plurality of conductors. An air-core power inductor may implement the conductors using high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tapes cooled by cryogenic fluid flowing within the coolant channels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180096785A1 SUPERCONDUCTING AIR CORE INDUCTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-04-05
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