ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,649, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Thermtest Inc. (Hanwell, Canada).
"Sensor for measurements of thermophysical properties" was invented by Dale Hume (Fredericton, Canada), Keegan Copage (Fredericton, Canada) and David Landry (Cumberland Bay, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor for measurements of thermophysical properties having an electrically conductive heating element provided in a circular shape on a base. The electrically conductive heating element is provided on the base in a pattern that is designed to better approximate a perfect circle so that the sensor better represents a circular solid disk source as desc...