ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,758, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Door weather strip" was invented by Shinnosuke Hamada (Kiyosu, Japan) and Masatoshi Nojiri (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door weather strip includes an attachment base that is attached to a door frame or a door molding, and a seal lip that abuts on a vehicle body opening peripheral edge when a door is closed, in which the vehicle body opening peripheral edge side at a tip of the seal lip is formed with a protrusion that abuts on the vehicle body opening peripheral edge when the door is closed, and the seal lip is formed with a hard po...