US Patent Issued to The Yokohama Rubber on Oct. 7 for "Rubber member, tire, and method of manufacturing rubber member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,513, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Rubber member, tire, and method of manufacturing rubber member" was invented by Takahiro Okamatsu (Hiratsuka, Japan), Masatsugu Shimomura (Chitose, Japan), Yuji Hirai (Chitose, Japan), Yasutaka Matsuo (Sapporo, Japan) and Toshihiko Arita (Sendai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a rubber member includes forming a mask on which pattern structures are arranged at a constant pitch, arranging the mask on a substrate of a mold made of a metal or a semiconductor material and etching the substrate. The method further includes adhering ...