ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,469, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LuxWall Inc. (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
"Vacuum insulated panel with ceramic spacers" was invented by Scott V. Thomsen (Glen Arbor, Mich.).
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 vacuum insulating panel may include ceramic (e.g., aluminosilicate glass) spacers, which may be chemically strengthened."
The paten...