US 12,034,385 B2
Vortex flux generator
Richard Adams, Grass Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Silicon Turbine Systems, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Silicon Turbine Systems, Inc., Campbell, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/111,332.
Application 18/111,332 is a continuation of application No. 17/583,358, filed on Jan. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,594,986.
Application 17/583,358 is a continuation of application No. 17/062,598, filed on Oct. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,264,923.
Application 17/062,598 is a continuation of application No. 16/428,161, filed on May 31, 2019, granted, now 10,797,619.
Application 16/428,161 is a continuation of application No. 15/465,686, filed on Mar. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,312,835.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,981, filed on Mar. 24, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0208324 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H02N 11/00 (2006.01); F25B 21/00 (2006.01); H01F 6/02 (2006.01); H01F 6/06 (2006.01); H02K 55/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02N 11/002 (2013.01) [F25B 21/00 (2013.01); H01F 6/02 (2013.01); H01F 6/06 (2013.01); H02K 55/00 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vortex flux generator comprising:
a magnetic circuit configured to produce a magnetic field;
a quench controller configured to provide a variable current;
a vortex material configured to modulate the magnetic field via vortices in the vortex material responsive to the variable current;
an inductor disposed in a vicinity of the vortices such that the modulation of the magnetic field induces an electrical current in the inductor; and
a dissipation superconductor electrically disposed in parallel with the vortex material and configured to carry, without quenching, an entirety of the variable current.