ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,805, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Nishikawa Rubber Co. Ltd. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Glass run for automotive door" was invented by Toshifumi Matsuura (Hiroshima, Japan), Shingo Tomoyasu (Hiroshima, Japan) and Tomonori Miyata (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass run for an automotive door, the glass run to be assembled to a window frame of the automotive door from vehicle outside and seal a gap between the window frame and window glass, includes: a glass run body having an insertion groove and attached to a glass run attachment plate extending from an upper portion of the window frame toward the vehicle outside;...