US Patent Issued to Goodrich on July 7 for "Composite drive shafts" (New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,485, issued on July 7, was assigned to Goodrich Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Composite drive shafts" was invented by Mark R. Gurvich (Middletown, Conn.), Michael J. King (Sauquoit, N.Y.), Brayton Reed (New York Mills, N.Y.) and Joyel M. Schaefer (Earlville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite shaft comprises a plurality of composite elements arranged about an axis to form a hollow cylindrical shaft extending along the axis between a first end of the shaft and a second end of the shaft. The plurality of composite elements incudes: a first group of the composite elements aligned parallel to the axis, a second group of the compo...