ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,388, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TUSAS-TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII A.S. (Ankara, Turkey).

"Measuring device" was invented by Furkan Kulak (Ankara, Turkey) and Deger Akin (Ankara, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measuring device for measuring thermal contact resistance is disclosed. The device includes a body, a vacuum chamber on the body in which a thermal contact resistance measurement is conducted, a first sample and a second sample which are placed in the chamber and are in contact with each other in such a way that heat transfer occurs, a piston which ensures a continuous contact to take place between the firs...