ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,895, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to NISHIKAWA RUBBER Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Sealing member and die" was invented by Hideki Wada (Hiroshima, Japan) and Noriyasu Kurahashi (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing member for a door of a vehicle, comprising an extrusion-molded part and a die-formed part, wherein the extrusion-molded part includes an attaching portion with a U-shaped cross section that has a protrusion portion, and the die-formed part is molded by using a die including an elongated holding die, and wherein the holding die includes a first holding portion, a second holding portion, and a guidin...