ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,455, issued on May 20, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Multiaxial thermal dissipation and structurally-compliant device" was invented by Adam R. Girard (Blue Ridge, Texas), James A. Aranda (McKinney, Texas), Gabriel A. Payan (McKinney, Texas), John M. Chesser (McKinney, Texas) and Ly Dinh Nguyen (College Station, 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 multiaxial thermal shoe having a thermal interface material and configured to thermally couple the endcap of the Dewar to the heat sink via one of at least two axial surfaces. The...