US Patent Issued to Schott on Sept. 23 for "Composite element" (German, Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,185, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Schott AG (Mainz, Germany).

"Composite element" was invented by Robert Hettler (Kumhausen, Germany), Wee Kiat Chai (Singapore), Rainer Graf (Landshut, Germany) and Helena Haslbeck (Frontenhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite element includes: an outer holder; and an inner component which is held in the outer holder under a compressive stress, the outer holder and the inner component adjoining one another along a contour line which is closed, the contour line including two linear portions and two connecting portions, the two linear portions opposing one another and extend...