Patent ID: 8091207
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H01R,H02G,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for arranging a superconductor cable having a superconductive cable core within a cryostat enclosing the superconductive cable core, said cryostat having two corrugated metal tubes arranged concentrically at a distance from one another between which an insulator layer of a metal-coated plastic sheet is arranged, with the superconductive cable core being arranged freely mobile in the cryostat, said method comprising the steps of: laying the superconductive cable core into the cryostat with an overlength in comparison to the axial length of said cryostat; after laying the superconductive cable core, cooling the superconductive cable core to the operating temperature, thereby shortening the superconductive cable core relative to the cryostat; after cooling the superconductive cable core, connecting the shortened superconductive cable core at each of its two ends to a conductor of a termination which has an inner part that can be displaced longitudinally by rotation within an outer part by use of a screw connection and a first half-shell being connected to the inner part of the conductor; moving the first half-shell onto a conductor of the superconductive cable by rotation of the inner part of the conductor of the termination and enclosing the same together with a second half-shell, thereby establishing an electrically conductive connection; and when the superconductive cable core heats up, moving the first half-shell away from the superconductive cable core by rotating the inner part of the conductor of the termination in the opposite direction such that the superconductive cable core can move freely between the two half-shells.