ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,037, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Magnetic failsafe valve for cryogen flow control" was invented by Ian M. Dayton (Arlington, Va.) and Mark Edward Nowakowski (Arlington, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples relate to cryogen flow control techniques using a magnetic failsafe valve. The valve is located between a cryogen source and a cryogen bath and has a position based on the magnetic field generated by a parallel solenoid circuit having a superconducting solenoid wound in a first direction and a non-superconducting solenoid (e.g., normal metal solenoid) wound in a second direction. When...