ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,824, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Cardinal CG Co. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
"Optical device with aerogel tiling technology" was invented by Keith James Burrows (Mineral Point, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an optical device comprising a glass assembly unit. The glass assembly unit comprises two glass sheets and a plurality of aerogel sheets. The aerogel sheets are arranged in a tiled configuration between the two glass sheets so as to cover a majority of a unit area of the glass assembly unit. In some embodiments, the tiled configuration is characterized by each of the aerogel sheets being spaced from ...