Patent ID: 7330029
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: F17C,G01R

Abstract:
1. A cryostat configuration for storing cryogenic fluids, the cryostat configuration comprising: an outer jacket; suspension means connected to said outer jacket, said suspension means being thermally insulating; a cryocontainer suspended from said suspension means and disposed within said outer jacket; at least three centering elements distributed about a periphery of said cryocontainer to center said cryocontainer relative to an container disposed further outside or relative to said outer jacket, wherein one end of each of said centering elements cooperates with said outer jacket or said container disposed further outside; and at least three actuators, each actuator disposed between and cooperating with a second end of one of said centering elements facing away from said outer jacket or said container disposed further outside and said cryocontainer, each of said actuators mounted to said cryocontainer at a respective contact point or points, wherein each actuator exerts a tensile or compressional force on said respective centering element which is substantially independent of temperatures within the cryostat configuration.