US 12,253,205 B1
Thermal transfer line assemblies, methods of manufacturing thermal transfer line assemblies, and thermal transfer methods
Josh Doherty, Bozeman, MT (US); William Baker, Bozeman, MT (US); Joseph Evers, Bozeman, MT (US); Ben Hardesty, Belgrade, MT (US); Jamesen Motley, Bozeman, MT (US); Anjan Reijnders, Bozeman, MT (US); and Caleb Schreibeis, Bozeman, MT (US)
Assigned to Montana Instruments Corporation, Bozeman, MT (US)
Filed by Montana Instruments Corporation, Bozeman, MT (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/586,599.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/738,759, filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Int. Cl. F16L 59/065 (2006.01); F16L 59/08 (2006.01); F16L 59/14 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 59/065 (2013.01) [F16L 59/08 (2013.01); F16L 59/141 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal transfer line assembly comprising:
a vacuum housing;
a suspension system support housing within and mechanically disconnected from the vacuum housing;
a thermal conduit within the suspension system support housing;
in at least one cross section, a continuous outer void between the vacuum housing and the suspension system support housing;
in the at least one cross section, an inner void between the suspension system support housing and the thermal conduit, wherein the thermal conduit defines an exterior and the entirety of the exterior of the thermal conduit is within the inner void and is mechanically disconnected from the suspension system support housing; and
a suspension system comprising insulative members within the inner void and coupled to the suspension system support housing and mechanically disconnected from the thermal conduit, the suspension system support housing defining an interior surface that defines an inner void perimeter, wherein an entirety of the thermal conduit is within the inner void perimeter.