ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,168, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Belt" was invented by Masato Takahara (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A belt includes: a belt main body; at least one energizing core cord containing a core wire having electrical conductivity; and at least one reinforcing core cord having an electrical resistance per unit length being greater than that of the energizing core cord, wherein the belt main body has at least one belt hole which penetrates the belt main body in a thickness direction, the energizing core cord and the reinforcing core cord are embedded in the belt main body a...