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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
William L Westhoff, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
The Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474260 ; 474267 ; 474205 ; 442 35 ; 161 81 ;
Abstract
A belt reinforcing material of at least two layers where one layer is a twined fabric and the other layer is a woven fabric that are attached to each other such as by needle-punching. A toothed power transmission belt with a plurality of teeth spaced along one side of the belt includes the aforementioned fabric disposed at a peripheral surface that includes the belt teeth.