ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,244, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LuxWall Inc. (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
"Vacuum insulated panel seal density" was invented by Scott V. Thomsen (Glen Arbor, Mich.) and Jun Huh (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum insulating panel may include: a first substrate; a second substrate; a plurality of spacers provided in a gap between at least the first and second substrates, wherein the gap is at a pressure less than atmospheric pressure; a seal provided between at least the first substrate and the second substrate, the seal comprising a first seal layer; wherein the first seal layer comprises tellurium oxide and vana...