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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Masahiro Mori, Nara, JP;
Min Gao, Suzhou, CN;
Lance C. Hall, Wilkesboro, NC (US);
Shawn Xiang Wu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Masahiro Mori, Nara, JP;
Min Gao, Suzhou, CN;
Lance C. Hall, Wilkesboro, NC (US);
Shawn Xiang Wu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
The Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A V-ribbed belt that includes a ribbed surface covered with fabric is provided. The fabric is stretchable in two predetermined directions. A method for manufacturing the V-ribbed belt is also provided. The method includes placing a belt matrix about a mandrel, placing a fabric about the external circumference of the belt matrix which wraps around the mandrel, placing the mandrel inside a shell having a plurality of grooves on the internal circumference, expanding the belt matrix and the fabric toward the internal circumference of the shell and thus pressing the fabric onto the internal circumference having the multi-ribbed structure, and curing the belt matrix with the fabric. The fabric is stretchable to accommodate itself to the multi-ribbed structure.