ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,166, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Maybell Quantum Industries Inc. (Denver).
"Integrated dilution refrigerators" was invented by Corban I. Tillemann-Dick (Denver), Kyle J. Thompson (Boulder, Colo.), Steven William Harris (Denver) and Jonathan Michael Byars (Golden, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dilution refrigerator is provided. The dilution refrigerator includes a first thermal stage configured to be cooled to a first temperature, a second thermal stage configured to be cooled to a second temperature lower than the first temperature, and a vacuum chamber housing the first thermal stage and the second thermal stage. The...