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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:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Krishnamoorthy Subramanian, Groton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Saint-Gobain Abrasives Technology Company, Worcester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 1/00 ;
Abstract
Providing an abrasive belt with a pattern of holes through the abrasive-containing layer greatly increases the flexibility of the belt and reducing the need for flexing to generate a pattern of potentially destructive cracks in the abrasive surface.