ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,571, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Integrated Dewar assembly with compliant endcap cooling" was invented by Adam R. Girard (Blue Ridge, Texas), Gabriel A. Payan (McKinney, Texas), Charlie Y. Chen (Frisco, Texas), Christopher J. Cormier (Anna, Texas) and Mark D. Sprinkel (Plano, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a Dewar having an endcap. The apparatus also includes a heat sink and a thermal interface material configured to thermally couple the endcap of the Dewar to the heat sink. The thermal interface material includes an amorphous pliable material that is configured to tr...