US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES on Sept. 23 for "Non-contact thermal radiation shield interface" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,209, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Non-contact thermal radiation shield interface" was invented by Nicholas A. Masluk (Putnam Valley, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal radiation shield interface for cryogenic systems includes a first element with a distal, free end. Flanges project from the distal, free end of the first element. A second element also includes a distal, free end. Flanges project from the distal, free end of the second element. The flanges of the first element and the flanges of the second element are positioned in an interleaved arrangement to c...