US Patent Issued to NOK on Sept. 2 for "Molding die for molding an endless-shaped gasket made of an elastic material along a surface of a plate-like base material" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,637, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to NOK Corp. (Japan).

"Molding die for molding an endless-shaped gasket made of an elastic material along a surface of a plate-like base material" was invented by Shun Murasaki (Kikugawa, Japan) and Bunpei Yoshida (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molding die for molding, on a surface of a plate-like base material, an endless-shaped gasket made of an elastic material includes a cavity which is formed on the opposing surface opposed to the surface of the base material and corresponds to the shape of the gasket, a gate for introducing a molding material which is cured to become an el...