Patents by Inventor Taizo Kunimura

Taizo Kunimura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for making weather strips with "suede appearance"
    Patent number: 5279782
    Abstract: A method for making a rubbery weatherstrip having a suede appearance and a suede feel includes a step for coextruding a welt portion of a weatherstrip and an outer rubber layer containing fibrillated fibers, namely bast fibrillated fibers, leaf fibrillated fibers and mixture thereof, or a welt portion of a weatherstrip, a sealing portion and an outer rubber layer containing fibrillated bast or leaf fibers to adhere these sheets, a step for vulcanizing the entire portions thereof, and a step for subjecting the outer rubber layer to buff processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignees: Hiroshima Kasei Ltd., Tosco Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Yamamoto, Taizo Kunimura, Hiroshi Miyachi, Shozaburo Dobashi, Hisaichiro Uchida