ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,110, issued on June 30, was assigned to NISHIKAWA RUBBER Co. LTD. (Hiroshima-Ken, Japan).
"Glass run and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Akira Haruta (Hiroshima, Japan) and Tomonori Miyata (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass run includes an installation member and a body. The installation member couples to a frame of a door of an automobile. The body forms a channel to receive a door glass. An outer-cabin side of the installation member is extended in a direction away from the door to form an extended part. A base composed of hard resin higher in rigidity than the extended part attaches a decora...