US Patent Issued to CORNING on July 15 for "Hinged glass article" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,845, issued on July 15, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Hinged glass article" was invented by Gabriel Pierce Agnello (Corning, N.Y.), Joy Banerjee (Corning, N.Y.), Dragan Pikula (Horseheads, N.Y.), Yousef Kayed Qaroush (Painted Post, N.Y.), Vitor Marino Schneider (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Yaochi Wei (Painted Post, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinged glass article includes wings including glass and a hinge positioned between the wings. The wings fold about the hinge. The hinge includes a glass portion integrally joined to the wings and a polymer portion overlaying the glass portion. The glass portion of the hing...