ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,613, issued on July 7.
"System and method for on-demand insulation" was invented by Alexander Paul (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-demand thermal insulator system has a a body that is configured to transition between a collapsed form non-deployed state and a deployed state. The body while in the non-deployed state allows a transfer of thermal energy through a defined boundary. The body while in the deployed state in resisting the transfer of thermal energy resists transfer through the defined boundary. In particular configurations, the body has a layer disposed between two material that receives fluid when transi...