ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,056, issued on June 23, was assigned to Arntz Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG (Hoxter, Germany) and Textilforschungsinstitute Thuringen-Vogtland e.V. (Greiz/Thur, Germany).
"Drive belt" was invented by Ignacio Giner (Paderborn, Germany), Samuel Bollmann (Netzschkau, Germany), Pulkit Mishra (Gera, Germany) and Annika Gambke (Gera, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Die invention relates to a drive belt, in particular V-belt, V-ribbed belt or toothed belt on an elastomer or polyurethane base, with belt backing and at least one tension member, comprising an optically detectable load and wear state display. According to the invention, a r...