Patent ID: 8885116

Claim:
A bezel for packaging a sealed glass assembly comprising: a bezel having a rectangular back wall with first, second, third and fourth peripheral edges; first, second and third sidewalls extending upward from the first, second and third peripheral edges respectively, with the sidewalls being joined together at two corners of the backwall; the bezel including at least one of (a) a reinforcing structure along the fourth peripheral edge of the bezel backwall; (b) rounded corners (c) chamfered corners; and (c) at least one opening through the backwall; a sealed glass assembly comprising first and second rectangular glass plates including one of rounded or chamfered corners, wherein the first glass plate is longer in one dimension than the second glass plate, whereby a portion of the first glass plate extends beyond the second glass plate a distance that is about 0.1 to about 5% of the diagonal of the second glass plate; an element that is sensitive to heat and to at least one of moisture and the ambient atmosphere located between the first and second glass plates, the element comprising at least one electronic device; and a glass frit sealing material extending between the first and second plates and surrounding the element, the frit sealing material thereby joining the first and second glass plates and substantially hermetically sealing the element in the glass assembly, and electrical leads located on the extending portion of the first glass plate and extend through the frit seal to the at least one electronic device without compromising the hermetic seal; and adhesive securing the sealed glass assembly in the bezel and forming a shock absorbent intermediate layer between the sealed glass assembly and the bezel.