Patent ID: 7400223

Claim:
A magnet configuration comprising: a superconducting magnet coil system; a current path which is at least partially superconducting and which includes at least parts of said magnet coil system; at least two electric connecting points disposed in said current path to define at least one section within said current path, wherein said section does not comprise all parts of said magnet coil system which are contained in said current path; at least one resistive element having a resistance; and at least two electric contacts connected in series between said resistive element and one of said at feast two electric connecting points, wherein, in a superconducting state of said magnet coil system, at least one or said two electric contacts comprises a switching or plugging element for connecting and disconnecting said resistive element to and from said section, wherein said at least one resistive element is disposed in a plug device, said resistive element being connected to said connecting points by closing said electric contacts via insertion of said plug device into a mating socket from which said connecting points extend.