US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA on April 15 for "Cryogenic thermal isolation stage with integral passive vibration dampers" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,315, issued on April 15, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington).

"Cryogenic thermal isolation stage with integral passive vibration dampers" was invented by Edward J. Wollack (Clarksville, Md.) and Elmer H. Sharp (Greenbelt, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments may provide a high-thermal-stability cryogenic-kinematic-mount with passive magnetic vibration damping. In various embodiments, the cryogenic-kinematic-mount may be configured for use in sub-Kelvin environments. Various embodiment cryogenic-kinematic-mounts may prov...