US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on July 21 for "Composite lug with enhanced performance" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,199, issued on July 21, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Composite lug with enhanced performance" was invented by Mark R. Gurvich (Middletown, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite part is provided and includes a component, a first set of first composite plies with finite lengths and a second set of second composite plies with finite lengths. A respective end of each of the first composite plies is wrapped around the component in a clockwise wrapping direction and includes first fibers. A respective end of each of the second composite plies is wrapped around the component in a counter-clockwise...