Power transmission belt and method of making a power transmission belt

摘要

A power transmission belt having a body with an inside, an outside, and a length. The body has a tension section and a compression section, and teeth and troughs alternating lengthwise of the body. A layer on the body in which the teeth are formed has a surface facing in one of an inside and outside direction on which alternating protrusions and recesses are formed against which another component on the body is placed and conforms.

主权项

1. A power transmission belt comprising:
a body with an inside, an outside, and a length, the body having a tension section and a compression section between which there is at least one load carrying member, the body having teeth and troughs alternating lengthwise of the body, a rubber layer making up a part of the body in which the teeth are formed having a surface facing in one of an inside and outside direction on which alternating protrusions and recesses are formed against which another component on the body is placed, the teeth each having a lengthwise dimension, each tooth in a plurality of the teeth having a plurality of the protrusions and a plurality of the recesses within its lengthwise dimension, the plurality of teeth residing in one of the tension and compression sections, the plurality of protrusions residing in the one of the tension section and compression section in which the plurality of teeth reside.