ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,008, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ICEOXFORD Ltd. (Great Britain).
"Cryogenic apparatus" was invented by Paul Kelly (Witney, Great Britain) and Gergo Graf (Witney, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogenic apparatus comprises a first enclosure, a thermo-mechanical cooler thermally coupled to said first enclosure, and a second enclosure spatially distanced from the first enclosure. An elongate tubular link member is configured to thermally couple the first and second enclosures across the space between them. A liquid helium containing vessel is located in or proximal to said second enclosure for holding liquid helium...