ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,994, issued on Sept. 16.

"Device for and method of reducing energy loss in electrical components" was invented by Peter Paulin (Decatur, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for improving an electrical conductivity and reducing an electrical energy loss in an electrical component, the system includes a temperature sensor, insulation for enclosing the electrical component and the temperature sensor, a cooling source to be coupled to the electrical component through the insulation, and a computer connected to the cooling source and the temperature sensor, where the computer is configured to control the cooling source to cool t...