ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,780, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).
"Toothed belt and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Susumu Osaki (Hyogo, Japan), Yusuke Hemmi (Hyogo, Japan) and Takumi Mizumoto (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a toothed belt, including: a back portion including a tension member; a plurality of tooth portions; a back rubber layer; and a first rubber layer and a second rubber layer that are formed on a belt inner circumferential side with respect to the tension member, in which an elastic modulus of the first rubber layer is larger than that of the...