US Patent Issued to Mitsuboshi Belting on Jan. 28 for "Belt and system for acquiring belt state information" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,636, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).

"Belt and system for acquiring belt state information" was invented by Shigehiko Hayashi (Hyogo, Japan) and Yoshiki Ichikawa (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A belt includes a laminate including a back surface layer disposed on a back surface side and a tension member layer including a tension member. The belt includes a sensor provided in the laminate and configured to detect a state of the belt, and a passive RFID also provided in the laminate, including an IC chip and an antenna, and configured to transmit state information on the belt detec...