ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,107, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to AGC GLASS EUROPE (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).

"Flat connector for soldering on laminated glass" was invented by Laurent Goutiere (Court-Saint-Etienne, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flat plate connector including a glass substrate, a conductive silver printing, an adhesion material for electrical connection, an insulated film, a conductive metal strip, and an additional adhesion tape. The flat connector having a dedicated cut-out, where the flat connector before mechanical and electrical bounding with the adhesion material can be fixed with a tape which, depending on its type, can als...