US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on July 28 for "Composite lobe joint and manufacturing method" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,647, issued on July 28, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Composite lobe joint and manufacturing method" was invented by Brayton Reed (New York Mills, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of making composite drive shafts and manufacturing assemblies thereof are provided. The methods include providing a removable mandrel having a cylindrical shape and assembling a lobe joint member at an end thereof. The lobe joint member includes at least three lobes equally distributed thereabout. A removable end flange is assembled to the lobe joint member at an opposite end of the lobe joint member from the removable mandre...