ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,567, issued on June 3, was assigned to VAREX IMAGING Corp. (Salt Lake City).

"Vacuum tube insert assembly with feed-through pin plug and mating socket" was invented by Gregory Robert Spencer (Magna, Utah), Jesse Hubbard (South Jordan, Utah), J. Scott Cox (Midvale, Utah) and Kyle Gray (Midvale, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum tube insert assembly includes a flared insert piece having an annular flange and a stem each constructed of glass. The stem extends axially from the flange. The flange surrounds a perimeter edge of a plug concavity defined by the stem. Feed-through pins pass axially through the stem and are sealed the...