ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,467, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LuxWall Inc. (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
"Vacuum insulated panel with getter having Ti-Al-V crystalline phase and method of making same" was invented by Scott V. Thomsen (Glen Arbor, 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 b...