US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on June 3 for "Drive shaft with non-cylindrical shape" (New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,387, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Drive shaft with non-cylindrical shape" was invented by Mark R. Gurvich (Middletown, Conn.), Brayton Reed (Rome, N.Y.), Joyel M. Schaefer (Earlville, N.Y.) and Michael King (Sauquoit, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive shaft extends between axial ends and has at least one portion through which an outer diameter of the drive shaft changes through an infinite number of diameters, with the at least one portion extending across at least 15% of an axial distance between the axial ends of the drive shaft. A drive shaft with a generally spiral undul...