US 11,980,182 B2
Cryogenic storage unit
Dale Sandy, Nixa, MO (US); Sean Cantrell, Duluth, GA (US); Jonathan Greene, Canton, GA (US); and Gilmer Edwards, Canton, GA (US)
Assigned to Azenta Life Sciences, Inc., Chelmsford, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/049,497
Filed by Abeyatech, LLC, Springfield, MO (US)
PCT Filed May 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/032433
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/226437, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/795,340, filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/673,995, filed on May 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/673,994, filed on May 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0244018 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 1/02 (2006.01); F25D 3/10 (2006.01); F25D 19/00 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 1/0257 (2013.01) [A01N 1/0252 (2013.01); F25D 3/105 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F25D 19/006 (2013.01); F25D 29/001 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for thermal regulation (1000) of a cryogenic freezer comprising:
a mount section (1100) having an outer perimeter (1110) defining a first planar surface (1120) and a second planar surface (1130) opposite the first planar surface, and
a plurality of fins (1200) configured to be maintained in contact with a cryogen located in a bottom of an inner tank of the cryogenic freezer, with said plurality of fins extending from the second planar surface, each fin of the plurality of fins having a first end (1210) located adjacent to the second planar surface, a second end (1220) located opposite the first end, and a fin length dimension (1230) spanning from the first end to the second end, and
wherein the mount section comprises a plurality of locator holes (1140) passing through the mount section from the first planar surface to the second planar surface and at least one fin of the plurality of fins extends through one of the plurality of locator holes from the first planar surface through the second planar surface.