ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,211, issued on June 17, was assigned to Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).

"Transmission belt core wire production method, transmission belt production method, processing agent and processing kit" was invented by Toshiki Ozaki (Hyogo, Japan) and Yorifumi Hineno (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of producing a cord for a power transmission belt, the method including: a first treatment step of treating an untreated yarn of a cord for a power transmission belt with a first treatment agent including a resin component (A) to obtain a first treated yarn; and a second treatment step o...