Patent ID: 7781528

Claim:
A power transmission belt comprising: a body having a length, an inside, an outside, and laterally spaced side surfaces, the body comprising a first rubber composition with rubber components and at least one load carrying member at least partially embedded in the first rubber composition, the first rubber composition comprising an organic peroxide used as a cross-linking agent and quinone dioxime in an amount of 0.5 to 13 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of rubber components, the rubber components comprising (a) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and (b) an ethylene α-olefin rubber in a ratio of from 10:90 to 60:40 by weight, wherein the amount of vinyl acetate in the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer is 30 to 70% by weight, and wherein tensile strength of said belt is at least from about 1000 to about 1090 N/6 mm.