ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,409, issued on June 23, was assigned to CAIHONG DISPLAY DEVICES Co. LTD. (Xianyang, China).

"Devices and methods for a horizontal secondary stretching of ultra-thin flexible glass" was invented by Weidong Hu (Xianyang, China), Zuozhen Yuan (Xianyang, China), Yongjing Ren (Xianyang, China) and Ting Luo (Xianyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for a horizontal secondary stretching of ultra-thin flexible glass are provided. The device includes: a feeding unit, a welding unit, a preheating unit, a transverse stretching extension unit, a longitudinal traction stretching unit, an annealing unit, and a winding and wrapping un...