ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,799, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to BLUEFORS OY (Helsinki).
"Device and method for providing a thermally conductive coupling" was invented by Anssi Salmela (Helsinki), Pieter Vorselman (Helsinki) and Rob Blaauwgeers (Helsinki).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device intended for cooling an object being moved within a cryostat comprises a heat transfer section forming a contact surface for said object and means for fastening the heat transfer section to a cooling structure in such a way that said contact surface remains free. The device comprises a spring section (which is separate from said heat transfer section and which is arran...