ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,042, issued on April 7, was assigned to SCHOTT AG (Mainz, Germany).
"Glass wafer and glass element for pressure sensors" was invented by Ulrich Peuchert (Bodenheim, Germany), Martin Blezinger (Mainz, Germany), Thomas Utz (Darmstadt, Germany), Christian Breitbach (Darmstadt, Germany), Matthias Jotz (Mainz, Germany) and Soren Liebsch (Erfurt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass wafer is provided that includes a sheetlike glass substrate with an opening. The sheetlike glass substrate is configured for use in a sensor selected from a group consisting of a pressure sensor, a piezoresistive sensor, a capacitive pressure sensor, ...