ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,508, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Tire manufacturing method and manufacturing system" was invented by Yuta Takanashi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method of manufacturing a tire and a system for manufacturing a tire. A forming drum body to which a tire component is bonded after completion of a forming operation in an operation station is temporarily placed in a placement apparatus. While the forming drum body is temporarily placed in the placement apparatus, the mass of the green tire is inspected by a mass meter as a predetermined quality of a green tire ...