US Patent Issued to CORNING on June 24 for "Thermally strengthened consumer electronic glass and related systems and methods" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,159, issued on June 24, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Thermally strengthened consumer electronic glass and related systems and methods" was invented by Peter Joseph Lezzi (Corning, N.Y.), Richard Orr Maschmeyer (Corning, N.Y.), John Christopher Thomas (Elmira, N.Y.) and Kevin Lee Wasson (Elmira, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strengthened cover glass or glass-ceramic sheet or article as well as processes and systems for making the strengthened glass or glass-ceramic sheet or article is provided for use in consumer electronic devices. The process comprises cooling the cover glass sheet by non-contact thermal co...