ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,297, issued on Jan. 13.

"Method and apparatus for the hermetic sealing of martensitic metals for precompression for cryogenic applications" was invented by Daniel Hiram Deeks (Sea Cliff, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a hermetically sealed assembly for precompression of a martinsetic metal for use in negative pressure energy transfer systems, and method of making same. The assembly comprising a martinsteic metal disposed between and in contact with flanged sapphire windows, the flanges defining an open area therebetween to accommodate expansion and contraction of the martinsetic metal. Hermetic sealing means include...