ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,431, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HARRIS Corp. (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Method for making a metal isolator body and associated device including the same" was invented by Brian C. Strom (Melbourne Beach, Fla.), Christopher A. Corey (Palm Bay, Fla.), Timothy F. McLellan (Parrish, Fla.), Casey L. Fender (Palm Bay, Fla.) and Murray T. Hann (Malabar, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a metal isolator body to be positioned between a heat sensitive component and a heat source includes obtaining at least a thermal conductivity specification and a load specification for the metal isolator body, and generating a metal isol...