US Patent Issued to The Yokohama Rubber on Sept. 15 for "Assembly of resin pipe and metal member and method of manufacturing assembly" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,158, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Assembly of resin pipe and metal member and method of manufacturing assembly" was invented by Gang Hou (Hiratsuka, Japan) and Nobuaki Kuribayashi (Hiratsuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylindrical shaped circumferential rib is integrally formed as a base protruding on the outer circumferential surface of a resin pipe. An annular sealant is externally fitted on one end portion of a metal member which is inserted in and fixed to the base to interpose the sealant between the one end portion and the inner circumferential surface of the ...