ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,698, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).
"Toothed belt and toothed belt transmission device" was invented by Naoki Eguchi (Hyogo, Japan) and Yuya Teduka (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; a tension member embedded in the back portion in a belt longitudinal direction and including a twisted cord including a steel fiber; a plurality of belt teeth formed on an inner peripheral side of the back portion along the belt longitudinal direction; and a cover layer provided between the tension member and a belt tooth bottom f...