Patent ID: 8618707

Claim:
A magnetic bearing with high-temperature superconductor elements, comprising: a stator; and a rotor which is held such that it can rotate with respect to the stator and k mounted in a self-regulating manner axially and radially in the stator, wherein a body comprising a type-2 superconductor is provided on the rotor, the body having a cylindrical outermost surface between two axial ends, and wherein the stator has a coil composed of a superconducting material, the coil arranged between the two axial ends and surrounding the cylindrical outermost surface, the coil forming a magnetic field in an area of the body, and the body having crystalline defects on which flux vortices of the magnetic field of the coil are retained, whereby the magnetic bearing has the effect of an axial bearing and a radial bearing.