ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,587, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TERAL INC. (Fukuyama, Japan) and NIIGATA UNIVERSITY (Niigata, Japan).
"Magnetic field generating device" was invented by Hiroshi Kawashima (Fukuyama, Japan), Tetsuya Ito (Fukuyama, Japan) and Satoshi Fukui (Niigata, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic field generating device 1 comprises: an iron core 2; a pair of superconducting coils 3; and one or a pair of vacuum heat-insulation containers 4, wherein the iron core includes: a yoke 21; and a pair of split iron core portions 22 that are formed separately from the yoke, are located inside the yoke, and face each other with a work spa...