US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on Aug. 26 for "Cooling device comprising a paramagnetic garnet ceramic" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,931, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Cooling device comprising a paramagnetic garnet ceramic" was invented by Jean-Marc Duval (Grenoble, France), Christophe Marin (Grenoble, France), Diego Augusto Paixao Brasiliano (Grenoble, France), Emmanuelle Bichaud (Grenoble, France) and Jean-Louis Durand (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic cooling device includes a magnetocaloric element, the magnetocaloric element being a paramagnetic garnet ceramic. The density of the paramagnetic garnet ceramic is preferably greater than or equal to 90%. The g...