US 12,228,209 B2
Self-aligning power transmission belts and systems incorporating the same
Walt Lifsey, Denver, CO (US); Kyle Spring, Denver, CO (US); and Thomas S. Moss, III, Englewood, CO (US)
Assigned to Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by GATES CORPORATION, Denver, CO (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/240,945.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/402,846, filed on Aug. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0068546 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. F16H 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 7/023 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power transmission belt having an axis of rotation and a direction of travel, comprising:
a first row of spaced apart teeth, the first row oriented generally parallel to the direction of travel and each of the spaced apart teeth oriented generally parallel to the axis of rotation, the first row of spaced apart teeth having a width less than the width of the power transmission belt; and
a second row of spaced apart teeth, the second row oriented generally parallel to the direction of travel and each of the spaced apart teeth oriented generally parallel to the axis of rotation, the second row of spaced apart teeth having a width less than the width of the power transmission belt;
wherein the teeth in the second row are offset in a direction generally parallel to the direction of travel from the teeth in the first row; and
wherein the offset of the second row of spaced apart teeth from the first row of spaced apart teeth is less than half a pitch of the first row of spaced apart teeth.