Patent ID: 8047356

Claim:
A belt module comprising: an intermediate section including a cross rib having a corrugated portion extending along at least a portion of the length of the intermediate section and the intermediate section having a web extending along the whole length of the intermediate section and adjacent to the cross rib; a plurality of first link ends extending outward from the intermediate section and having a transverse opening defined therein and the transverse opening of the plurality of first link ends having a profile area, the link ends having a pair of spaced apart link members and having an end portion connecting the link members, the link ends having a slot defined therein which comprises an opening extending from a top surface of the link end to the bottom surface of the link end; and a plurality of second link ends extending outward from the intermediate section in a direction opposite the first link ends, the second link ends having a transverse opening defined therein and the transverse opening of the plurality of second link ends having a profile area greater than the profile area of the transverse opening of the plurality of first link ends, the link ends having a pair of spaced apart link members and having an end portion connecting the link members, the link ends having a slot defined therein which comprises an opening extending from a top surface of the link end to the bottom surface of the link end; and, wherein the corrugated portion of the cross rib comprises alternate reach bar portions extending between first and second link ends and border portions disposed adjacent to the slots formed in the link ends.