ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,549, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Cryogen-free superconducting magnet system" was invented by Johannes Adrianus Overweg (Uelzen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogen-free superconducting magnet system includes a cryocooler configured to cool a superconducting coil. The superconducting coil is arranged inside a vacuum chamber at a distance from vacuum chamber walls. The superconducting coil includes two superconducting coil connectors galvanically connected to two current leads fed through a vacuum chamber wall to provide the superconducting coil with an electric cu...