ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,805, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to KINUGAWA RUBBER IND. Co. LTD. (Chiba, Japan).
"Door weather strip" was invented by Takaaki Mochida (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door weather strip includes an attachment base part attached to a door sash part. The attachment base part has at least a part made of a hard rubber. The door weather strip includes a hollow seal part made of a soft rubber. The hollow seal part has a base bottom portion disposed so as to come in contact with the outer surface of a door inner panel, and comes in contact with a body outer panel so as to be deflected and deformed in a door closed state. ...