ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,521, issued on June 30, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Magnetic bending frame for cold-forming thin glass sheet" was invented by Mickael Berrebi (Paris), Laurent Joubaud (Paris), Khaled Layouni (Fontainebleau, France), Jean-Pierre Henri Rene Lereboullet (Bois le Roi, France), Elias Merhy (Saulx-les-Chartreux, France) and Ronan Tanguy (Grez sur Loing, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are embodiments of a glass article of a vehicle interior system. The glass article includes a frame having a curved support surface. The frame is configured to hold at least one magnet. The glass article also includes a glas...