ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,860, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Tire manufacturing method and manufacturing system" was invented by Yuta Takanashi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method of manufacturing a tire and a system for manufacturing a tire. A plurality of forming drum bodies are allowed to be temporarily placed on a placement device between work stations adjacent to each other, and at least three of the work stations adjacent to each other are provided in the forming step. In accordance with a specification of a green tire, a plurality of the work stations necessary are selected, ...