ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,210, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"High heat transfer cryogenic bearing" was invented by Ernst Wolfgang Stautner (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Constantinos Minas (Slingerlands, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A superconducting motor including a rotor, a heat sink, and a bearing. The rotor includes a superconducting winding formed from a superconducting material. The heat sink is positioned within the superconducting motor to absorb heat produced by the superconducting motor. The bearing includes an inner race, an outer race, and a rolling element. The bearing rotatably supports the rotor and i...