ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,222, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Tire vulcanization device and method" was invented by Yukihisa Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a tire vulcanization device and method, when a mold is closed, dividing walls disposed on an outer circumferential side of a container ring form a space with a container and hermetically block communication between the inside and outside of the container, and a center vent path communicating vertically through a center mechanism, a plurality of mold interior vent paths formed in the mold at intervals in the circumferential direction in ...