US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on May 5 for "Gimbals and their manufacture" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,499, issued on May 5, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE PLC (London).

"Gimbals and their manufacture" was invented by Alok Gupta (Derby, Great Britain), Daniel J. Cousins (Derby, Great Britain) and Andrea L. Ball (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gimbal for connecting pipes having a core portion and at least one joint shield portion that surrounds the core portion. The core portion, which has a core portion internal surface and a core portion external surface, has at least two pipe engaging portions that are separated by at least one flexible portion, which has a flexible portion internal surface and a flexible portion e...