US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce on June 23 for "Composite gear" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,057, issued on June 23, was assigned to Rolls-Royce plc (London).

"Composite gear" was invented by Russell Adkins (Derby, Great Britain), Mark Spruce (Derby, Great Britain) and Richard Greaves (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite gear includes an annular metallic gear hub including a bore and defining a central axis. The composite gear includes a composite web disposed circumferentially around the annular metallic gear hub with respect to the central axis. It includes a metallic gear rim disposed circumferentially around the composite web with respect to the central axis. The metallic gear rim includes an ...