US 12,292,366 B2
Cryogenic analysis systems and methods
Josh Doherty, Bozeman, MT (US); and Benjamin Hardesty, Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Assigned to Montana Instruments Corporation, Bozeman, MT (US)
Filed by MONTANA INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, Bozeman, MT (US)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/582,621.
Application 18/582,621 is a continuation of application No. 17/698,764, filed on Mar. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,959,845.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/164,469, filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0192099 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 1/42 (2006.01); G01N 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/42 (2013.01) [G01N 25/145 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cryogenic device analysis system comprising:
a thermal conduit extending from a cold source within a first vacuum chamber through a vacuum barrier to a sample mount within a second vacuum chamber; and
a thermal switch along the thermal conduit and operatively aligned between the cold source and the vacuum barrier.