ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,587, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to ContiTech Deutschland GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Wrapped taped belt" was invented by Jeffery Lofgren (Lincoln, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of manufacturing a belt include, at least, laying up a plurality of cords of a belt build on a mandrel, laying up a tape adhesive on an inner surface of the plurality of cords, laying up a cushion layer on an opposing side of the tape adhesive, and vulcanizing the belt build in a profile-forming mold, where the tape adhesive is a vulcanizable rubber which is devoid carbon black. The methods may further include laying up an outer tape adhesive...