ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,263, issued on March 18, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Wear resistant sleeve for composite cylinder" was invented by Sanjay Venugopal (Karnataka, India), Amit Kumar Tripathi (Uttar Pradesh, India) and Rajiv Krishnappa (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rod assembly includes a tubular rod body formed from a composite material and a localized sleeve installed to the rod body. The sleeve is secured to the rod body by application of heat to the sleeve material. A bushing is located radially between the rod body and the sleeve. The bushing is configured to absorb thermal energy of the appli...