US Patent Issued to X-energy on July 21 for "Drive shaft assembly for a rotary furnace" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,340, issued on July 21, was assigned to X-energy LLC (Rockville, Md.).

"Drive shaft assembly for a rotary furnace" was invented by Nicholas Linneen (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to drive shaft assemblies for a rotary furnace. In one form, a rotary furnace comprises a crucible and a drive shaft assembly. The drive shaft assembly comprises a primary shaft and a secondary shaft coupled with the primary shaft. The secondary shaft comprises: a first portion comprising a refractory alloy, the first portion defining a first end and a second end, where the first end of the first portion is ...