ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,326, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Elastic bilinear structure for impact force mitigation" was invented by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Antipin (Helsinki), Petr Gorelchenko (Elmira, N.Y.), Matija Guzijan-Dilber (Espoo, Finland) and Sergey Nikolaevich Shubin (Espoo, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices comprising a structure comprising a bilinear elastic property in compression for mitigating impact forces. In aspects, the device can comprise a frame with the structure comprising a bilinear elastic property in compression. In aspects, the device can comprise a cover glass layer and an electronic d...