US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on Feb. 18 for "Splined shaft assembly with piloting features" (Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,082, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Splined shaft assembly with piloting features" was invented by Erika Danckers (Rockford, Ill.), Andrew P. Grosskopf (Rockford, Ill.), Ted A. Martin (Winnebago, Ill.), Douglas J. Turner (Rockford, Ill.) and Aaron M. Finke (Janesville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaft assembly having: a first shaft with an inner facing surface having: an inner facing spline extending between spline ends; an inner facing projection, adjacent to one of the spline ends, extending to an inner facing projection surface; and an inner facing projection seat, adjac...