| abstract |
Evacuated insulation panel (10, 20), also referred to as vacuum insulation panel (VIP), comprising: A) a deformable receptacle (14, 24) which has been evacuated to an absolute pressure of about 10 torr or less and hermetically sealed surrounding B) a corestock (12, 22) of one or more porous or open-celled rigid material matrixes having one or more indentations (16, 26) therein which extend in at least one dimension across a surface of a rigid material matrix, wherein the receptacle (14, 24) substantially conforms to the shape of the corestock (12, 22) and the indentations (16, 26) therein and the finished panel (10, 22) has surfaces which are substantially non-wrinkled; and methods of making the panel (10, 20). |