ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,122, issued on March 25, was assigned to Goodrich Corp..
"Drive shaft with ballistic tolerance" was invented by Mark R. Gurvich (Middletown, Conn.), Michael King (Sauquoit, N.Y.), Brayton Reed (New York Mills, N.Y.) and Joyel M. Schaefer (Earlville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft drive shaft that includes an outer shaft with a first diameter that is configured to couple a first gearbox and a second gearbox to provide power transfer between the two gearboxes. An inner shaft that is concentric with the outer shaft and has a second diameter that is configured to provide structural support to the outer shaft. A gap is l...