US Patent Issued to RTX on May 20 for "Method and system for applying pre-stretch to shaft and component connection" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,527, issued on May 20, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Method and system for applying pre-stretch to shaft and component connection" was invented by Parag H. Mathuria (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Joshua Robert Seyler (Stuart, Fla.), John A. Bellavia (Port St. Lucie, Fla.), Lajos H Horvath (Jupiter, Fla.) and Kevin Pripusich (Palm City, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of securing two components under this disclosure could be said to include receiving an input including a commanded pressure for achieving a pre-stretch on a shaft housed within a fixture. The shaft is coupled to a first component and extending...