US Patent Issued to KOBE STEEL on Feb. 10 for "Kneading rotor, kneading machine, method for kneading rubber material, and method for manufacturing kneading rotor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,954, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KOBE STEEL LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Kneading rotor, kneading machine, method for kneading rubber material, and method for manufacturing kneading rotor" was invented by Tsutomu Koitabashi (Takasago, Japan), Ryuichi Kobayashi (Takasago, Japan), Yasuyuki Sugita (Takasago, Japan) and Masao Murakami (Takasago, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The kneading rotor according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a kneading rotor for a kneading machine, comprising a base made of carbon steel or alloy steel for machine structure, a padded layer made of austenitic stainless steel on at least part of ...