ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,821, issued on April 7, was assigned to TOKAI KOGYO Co. LTD. (Obu, Japan).
"Belt molding and method for producing same" was invented by Kazuhiro Funada (Obu, Japan) and Yoshiki Nukaya (Obu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a belt molding includes: inserting an insertion portion of an end cap into a molding body such that the insertion portion faces a facing portion of the molding body while the facing portion is positioned on a vehicle interior side relative to the insertion portion; and forming a protruding portion in the molding body. The protruding portion protrudes on a vehicle exterior side relative to...