ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,536, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU POLYMER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Anticorrosion structure and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Yoshihiko Sekiguchi (Saitama, Japan) and Atsushi Komori (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anticorrosion structure includes at least one of a metal bolt and a metal nut, and an anticorrosion member coating a portion, protruding beyond a connection surface, of a connecting part using at least one of the bolt and the nut, the anticorrosion member being formed of a silicone rubber obtained by curing a silicone rubber compound."
The patent was filed on July 6, 2021, under ...