ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,537, issued on March 4, was assigned to 1783590 Ontario Inc. (Toronto).

"Receiving disk for segmented pulley transmission and segmented pulley transmission including the same" was invented by Anthony Wong (Scarborough, Canada) and Jaroslaw Lutoslawski (Bradford, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receiving disk for a segmented pulley transmission is provided. The receiving disk comprises: a generally circular body having a pulley facing side and a rear side, opposite the pulley facing side; at least one mating feature located at the pulley facing side of the body, the mating feature being configured to engage a complimentary mat...