ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,502, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Arconic Technologies LLC (Pittsburgh).
"Fenestration thermal break design" was invented by Leonard Wilcox (Suwanee, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A profile for a fenestration system includes first and second members, and a thermal break extending between the first and second members. The thermal break is coupled to the first member at a thermal break interconnection that includes a tab extending laterally from a body, the tab including a head extending from the body and a stem extending from the head. A channel is defined between upper and lower flanges of the first member and provides a fir...