ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,406, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Pilkington Group Ltd. (Nr. Ormskirk Lancashire, Great Britain).
"Method and apparatus for shaping a glass sheet" was invented by Michael Hurst (Lancashire, Great Britain), John George Lee (Merseyside, Great Britain) and Joachim Pilz (Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of shaping a glass sheet includes heating the glass sheet to a temperature for shaping, positioning the glass sheet on a shaping support, and shaping the glass sheet on the shaping support, wherein during the shaping of the glass sheet at least one portion of the glass sheet is deliberately cooled. T...