ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,060, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NISHIKAWA RUBBER Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Door weather strip for automobile" was invented by Kenta Nukumi (Hiroshima, Japan) and Yuzo Hirakawa (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door weather strip for an automobile couples to a flange of a door of the automobile. The door weather strip includes an installation base member, a hollow seal member, an air vent, and a sponge layer. The installation base member couples to the flange. The hollow seal member is integrally molded with the installation base member, and makes elastic contact with an automobile body of the automobile w...