US 12,140,202 B2
Toothed belts including teeth with asymmetric profile
Jordyn Harberts, Englewood, CO (US); and Elizabeth Amici, Englewood, CO (US)
Assigned to Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by GATES CORPORATION, Denver, CO (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/448,052.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/396,599, filed on Aug. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0052911 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. F16G 1/28 (2006.01); F16H 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16G 1/28 (2013.01) [F16H 7/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toothed belt comprising:
a main belt body portion; and
a plurality of teeth evenly spaced apart about an inner circumference of the belt, each tooth extending in a radially inward direction from the main belt body portion, and each tooth having a height extending from a land to a tooth tip, wherein a cross-sectional profile of each tooth comprises:
at a leading side of the tooth, a vertical segment oriented substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the main belt body portion when the toothed belt is in a rack state, the vertical segment having a length less than the height of the tooth.