US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES on May 20 for "Custom thermal shields for cryogenic environments" (New York, Florida, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,814, issued on May 20, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Custom thermal shields for cryogenic environments" was invented by Patryk Gumann (Tarrytown, N.Y.), Valerio A. Grendanin (St. Augustine, Fla.), Sean Hart (Tarrytown, N.Y.), David C. Mckay (Ossining, N.Y.), Jerry M. Chow (Scarsdale, N.Y.), David Zarsky (Bethlehem, Pa.) and Gilbert Bauer (Peekskill, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques facilitating custom thermal shields for cryogenic environments are provided. In one example, a cryostat can comprise a thermal shield extending between a thermal stage and a base structure coupled to a...