ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,870, issued on May 26, was assigned to NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS Co. LTD. (Shiga, Japan).
"Method for producing joined body and device for producing joined body" was invented by Toru Shiragami (Shiga, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for producing a bonded body, a bonding step includes a supporting step of mounting a laminate on a support device, and a pressing step of pressing the laminate. A pressing member of the support device is a transparent glass plate formed in a circular shape. A sealing member of the support device is configured to circularly surround the laminate between the pressing member and the base member. ...