US Patent Issued to VKR HOLDING on June 10 for "VIG unit with temporary evacuation gap in perimeter seal" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,036, issued on June 10, was assigned to VKR HOLDING A/S (Horsholm, Denmark).

"VIG unit with temporary evacuation gap in perimeter seal" was invented by Simon Johnsen (Horsholm, Denmark), Thomas Lind Madsen (Horsholm, Denmark), Soren Vejling Andersen (Horsholm, Denmark), Annette Johncock Krisko (Horsholm, Denmark) and Utku Ahmet Ozden (Horsholm, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a glass sheet assembly for a vacuum insulated glass unit includes applying an edge seal made of a first material to a perimeter of a first surface of a first glass sheet. The edge seal defining a discontinuity. The method also in...