US Patent Issued to The Yokohama Rubber on Oct. 7 for "Rubber extrusion device and method for manufacturing rubber extrudate" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,417, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Rubber extrusion device and method for manufacturing rubber extrudate" was invented by Yuki Furubayashi (Shinshiro, Japan) and Satoru Nishio (Shinshiro, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A die attached to a head of a rubber extrusion device is disposed at a leading end position of an extrusion flow path. The die is moved at least in a uniaxial direction relative to the head along a leading end surface of the head to place the die and the head in a desired relative position. A rubber material is extruded forward using a screw installed inside a cylinder, w...