US Patent Issued to The Yokohama Rubber on Jan. 28 for "Method of manufacturing tire, forming system for tire, and tire" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,651, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Method of manufacturing tire, forming system for tire, and tire" was invented by Satoru Nishio (Shinshiro, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a tire, a forming system for the tire, and the tire are provided. A preceding carcass cord from one feeding unit is used to form a carcass layer while being fed to a forming drum, and a leading edge portion of a next carcass cord is paid out from another feeding unit in advance. At a time when a predetermined length of the preceding carcass cord is fed, a splice mechanism is used to join t...