ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,166, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Light weight hurricane window and laminate with untempered sheet" was invented by Anthony Robert Board (Breesport, N.Y.), James Gregory Couillard (Ithaca, N.Y.), Michael Aaron McDonald (Painted Post, N.Y.), Dean Michael Ruark (Sarasota, Fla.) and Kenneth John Vander Bent Jr. (Bradenton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hurricane-resistant laminated pane comprises a first sheet of thermally strengthened glass having a thickness in the range of from 2 to 24 mm, a second sheet of untempered glass having a thickness in the range of from 0.3 to 1 mm, and a polymer...