ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,122, issued on June 17, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Configurable thermal testing system and method" was invented by Adam C. Wood (Oro Valley, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal testing system includes a mirror array, having tiltable mirror elements, that reflects thermal radiation output from a radiative heat source. The mirror elements can be tilted as required to achieve a desired radiative heating profile, for example on an object to be tested. The thermal testing system may also have additional mirror arrays, and/or a heat sink. The radiative heat source may be stationary, and may have different zo...