US Patent Issued to NOK on July 28 for "Rubber-metal laminate and gasket" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,942, issued on July 28, was assigned to NOK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Rubber-metal laminate and gasket" was invented by Isao Watanabe (Fukushima, Japan), Ryota Shimura (Fukushima, Japan) and Daiki Takekawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rubber-metal laminate that includes a metal member; and a rubber layer provided on the metal member, wherein the rubber layer has a 100%-modulus value in accordance with JIS K6251 of 6.0 MPa or more and a thickness of less than 80 micro metre. The gasket includes the rubber-metal laminate."

The patent was filed on March 10, 2021, under Application No. 17/912,292.

*For further information, i...