US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on Oct. 28 for "Cryocooler with transient thermal storage" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,100, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Cryocooler with transient thermal storage" was invented by Abbas A. Alahyari (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Parag M. Kshirsagar (South Windsor, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryocooler device including a cryocooler including an input and an output, the input forming a cooling path, and a first stage that cools a working fluid in the cooling path. At least one thermal energy storage device selectively connectable to the cooling path and the cooling loop, wherein in a first operational mode of the cryocooler device where the at least one thermal en...