ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,180, issued on July 29, was assigned to Goodrich Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Self-locking composite-composite joints" was invented by Mark R. Gurvich (Middletown, Conn.), Kevin P. Walsh (Enfield, Conn.), Michael Maynard (Somers, Conn.) and Kenneth C. Crawford (Manchester, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener free joining system includes a first tubular shell component having a first plurality of teeth defined in a first free end, each tooth extending along a respective tooth axis oblique to an axis of the first component by an angle Alpha. The first plurality of teeth is configured to engage with a plurality of complimentary...