ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,811, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Rubber product and method of producing same" was invented by Ryotaro Suefuji (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rubber product that includes a cylindrical molded body having a plurality of reinforcing layers coaxially layered between inner and outer layers. In producing/vulcanizing the molded body, a rubber product including a cylindrical portion, each of multiple reinforcing layers composed of cord fabrics including a large number of fiber cords aligned and subjected to a predetermined adhesion treatment and coating rubber layers ...