Patent ID: 7605329

Claim:
Terminal structure for a superconducting cable comprising: a conductor; an insulator that surrounds the conductor; and a tubular part made of an electrically conductive material, where the superconducting cable has a core with a superconducting conductor and a layer of insulation that surrounds the superconducting conductor, said core being arranged in such a way that it can move longitudinally in a cryostat, wherein the conductor of the terminal structure is electrically connected with the superconducting conductor by means of said tubular part, such that the superconducting conductor can slide in the tubular part in the direction of the superconducting cable, said superconducting conductor having a normal conductor wherein the normal conductor is a tube, which is electrically connected to the end of the superconducting conductor, such that the tube is installed in the tubular part and can slide in the longitudinal direction of the cable.