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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Shawn Xiang Wu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Shawn Xiang Wu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
The Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A power transmission belt with an embedded load carrier cord having a plurality of yarns and possessing a first twist corresponding to a first twist multiplier and a first twist direction, and possessing a second twist corresponding to a second twist multiplier in the opposite direction, such that the ratio of the first twist multiplier to the second twist multiplier is greater than about 1.5. The belt may be a multi-v-ribbed belt. The load carrying cord may have a plurality of twisted yarns having a first yarn twist and a second cord twist in a direction opposite the yarn twist and a ratio of yarn twist to cord twist from about 1.5:1 to about 4:1.