US Patent Issued to Mitsuboshi Belting on March 24 for "Rubber composition for transmission belt and transmission belt" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,009, issued on March 24, was assigned to Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).

"Rubber composition for transmission belt and transmission belt" was invented by Toshiki Ozaki (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rubber composition for a power-transmission belt includes: a polymer component including an ethylene-Alpha-olefin elastomer; carbon black; and clay, in which the ethylene-Alpha-olefin elastomer has a Mooney viscosity at 125deg C. of 25 ML (1+4) 125deg C. or less, the clay has a pH of 5.5 or higher, a total amount of the carbon black and the clay is 80 parts by mass to 180 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by ...