ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,136, issued on June 3.
"Carbon composite tube yoke" was invented by Volkan Yikgec (Manisa, Turkey), Mehmet Er Kipel (Manisa, Turkey), Korkut Tasan (Manisa, Turkey), Ferit Simsaroglu (Manisa, Turkey) and Ramazan Bulur (Manisa, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tube yoke used in a propeller shaft, which provides power transmission in vehicles. The tube yoke has a body made of composite pre-preg material, which has an extension surface in the form of a yoke on one end and in the form of a tube on the other end, which is attached to the propeller shaft tube by bonding or tight fitting."
The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2021, under ...