US Patent Issued to Goodrich on March 11 for "Hybrid composite drive shaft and a method of making" (Connecticut, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,614, issued on March 11, was assigned to Goodrich Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Hybrid composite drive shaft and a method of making" was invented by Mark R. Gurvich (Middletown, Conn.), Georgios S. Zafiris (Glastonbury, Conn.), Brayton Reed (New York Mills, N.Y.), Joyel M. Schaefer (Earlville, N.Y.) and Michael J. King (Sauquoit, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive shaft for transferring torque including a tubular insert extending along an axis and defining a first layer of the drive shaft including at least one straight portion and at least one undulation, wherein the tubular insert includes a first material having a first defo...