ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,139, issued on July 21, was assigned to Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Glass plate module" was invented by Minoru Yoshida (Tokyo) and Junichi Tokiwa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass plate module according to the present invention includes: a glass body; an electrical conductor laminated on the glass body; at least one connection terminal fixed to the conductive layer, and formed of a conductive material; and a lead-free solder for fixing the connection terminal to the conductive layer, and the connection terminal includes a base portion, at least one installation portion coupled to the base portion, and fixed to t...