ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,867, issued on April 1, was assigned to Infineon Technologies Austria AG (Villach, Austria).

"Cryostat socket for holding an ion trap device mounted on a substrate in a cryostat" was invented by Gunther Lohmann (Atting, Germany), Ralf Otremba (Kaufbeuren, Germany), Josef Hoglauer (Kirchheim-Heimstetten, Germany), Clemens Rossler (Villach, Austria) and Silke Katharina Auchter (Villach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryostat socket for holding an ion trap device mounted on a substrate in a cryostat includes a housing frame provided for pre-assembly in the cryostat. A pin insert is arranged in the housing frame. The pin inser...