US Patent Issued to CORNING on May 13 for "Vehicle interior systems having a cold-bent glass substrate and methods for forming the same" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,556, issued on May 13, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Vehicle interior systems having a cold-bent glass substrate and methods for forming the same" was invented by Michael Timothy Brennan (Painted Post, N.Y.), Atul Kumar (Horseheads, N.Y.) and Yawei Sun (Elmira, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a vehicle interior system and methods for forming the same are disclosed. A glass substrate is bent to a curved shape within a mold cavity, and a liquid polymer material is delivered to the mold and is in contact with the curved glass substrate. The liquid polymer is solidified to form a polymer frame that eng...