Parallel hermetic seals and assembly including the same

An evacuated glazing assembly comprising:

• a first substrate;
• a second substrate spaced from the first substrate to define an interior space therebetween;
• a metallic bridge element disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate to hermetically isolate the interior space from a surrounding environment, wherein the bridge element includes:
• a first seal element formed by a cold-welded bond between the metallic bridge element and the first substrate;
• and
• a second seal element spaced apart from the first seal element and formed by a cold-welded bond between the metallic bridge element and the first substrate,
• wherein the first and second seal elements are formed simultaneously along an edge of the first substrate.

A method of manufacturing a structural element including first and second substrates of substantially congruent shapes, the method comprising:

• forming a seal element between the substrates to define an evaluable gap, the seal element formed by the process of:
• subjecting at least one surface of each substrate to an oven-free, vacuum chamber-free metal deposition process to form a metallic layer on each of the substrates, the metallic layers defining a coating that are continuous along the perimeter of the evaluable gap;
• and
• connecting a bridge element to the metallic layers to define a hermetic seal of the evaluable gap,
• wherein the connection of the bridge element to each of the metallic layers includes at least two spaced-apart, highly-hermetic seal elements fabricated simultaneously.