ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,009, issued on May 27, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Coupling and associated method of transferring torque" was invented by Daniel Alecu (Brampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The coupling can have a female member having a plurality of female member connections circumferentially arranged along a radially inner face; a male member having a plurality of male member connections circumferentially arranged along a radially outer face; and a coupling member extending annularly around the axis, the coupling member having a strip, the strip having, circumferentially relative the axis, an alterna...