ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,855, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ARNTZ BETEILIGUNGS GMBH & Co. KG (Hoxter, Germany).

"Apparatus and method for manufacturing at least one drive belt" was invented by Martin Pahl (Boffzen, Germany), Christian Micus (Borgentreich, Japan), Wojciech Swierkot (Hoxter, Germany), Michael Doring (Hoxter, Germany) and Frank Michel (Glashutte, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing at least one drive belt, comprising a tubular shaping body having a first inner cavity which extends in the longitudinal direction of the shaping body over the entire or predominant length of the shaping...