US Patent Issued to Andersen on Aug. 5 for "Glass lite retention systems and methods for improved performance" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,812, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Andersen Corp. (Bayport, Minn.).

"Glass lite retention systems and methods for improved performance" was invented by Todd Bruchu (Lake Elmo, Minn.), Mitch Hunt (Oak Park Heights, Minn.), Craig Johnson (North Oaks, Minn.) and Drew Pavlacky (Lakeland Shores, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Glass lite retention systems and related methods are described herein. The glass lite retention systems and methods of resisting water penetration through the junctions between the glass lites and the openings in the fenestration panels when the fenestration panels are subjected to extreme weather events." ...