ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,257, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to LuxWall Inc. (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
"Vacuum insulated panel with getter" was invented by Scott V. Thomsen (Glen Arbor, Mich.), Phil Lingle (Temperance, Mich.) and Christian Bischoff (Maumee, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum insulating panel includes first and second substrates (e.g., glass substrates), a hermetic edge seal, a pump-out port, and spacers sandwiched between at least the two substrates. The gap between the substrates may be at a pressure less than atmospheric pressure to provide insulating properties. The panel may include a getter. The getter may be a thin film getter and...