ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,584, issued on June 17, was assigned to TECHNOFORM GLASS INSULATION HOLDING GMBH (Lohfelden, Germany).
"Climate stress compensating spacer" was invented by Petra Sommer (Lohfelden, Germany), Matteo Dolcera (Lohfelden, Germany) and Jorg Lenz (Lohfelden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spacer is provided for an insulating glazing unit that includes at least two spaced-apart glazing panes connected along their edges via the spacer in a mounted state in which the spacer is mounted at the edges to limit an interspace, which is defined between the glazing planes and is filled with gas. The spacer has an inner wall (14) connecting ...