ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,837, issued on April 7, was assigned to ContiTech Transportbandsysteme GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Belt or belt segment" was invented by Michael Moschen-Siekmann (Norten-Hardenberg, Germany), Waldemar Mick (Moringen, Germany) and Julian Terpe (Osterode am Harz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A belt or belt segment has a plurality of reinforcement members which run in the longitudinal direction (X) and are arranged parallel to one another and which are embedded at least substantially into an elastomer main body. The belt or belt segment has at least one connection element which is arranged on an open end The ends of the reinfor...