ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,638, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to GreCal LLC (Waco, Texas).

"Helical belt assembly, method of use, and kit therefore" was invented by Gregory A. Godsey (Waco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an assembly, method of assembling, and kit for assembling an assembled flexible helical belt that is mounted within a mounting space defined by a continuous mechanical constraint of a device. Embodiments of the flexible helical belt include a flexible helical belt that has a plurality of belt teeth, where some of the belt teeth are each pierced by a through hole which extends through the respective belt tooth and wh...