ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,743, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Cambridge International Inc. (Cambridge, Md.).
"Weldless conveyor belt systems and methods" was invented by Prahlad N. Sagar (Bangalore, India), Amit Prabhu (Pune, India) and Thomas O. Perdue (Salisbury, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor belt is provided that includes a first lateral end, a second lateral end, a plurality of rods, and a plurality of links. The plurality of rods are spaced apart from one another and each extends from the first lateral end to the second lateral end. The plurality of links interconnect the plurality of rods and include a first link coupled to two adjacen...