ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,308, issued on April 15, was assigned to TIRSAN KARDAN SANAYI VE TICARET A.S. (Manisa, Turkey).

"Driveshaft with a slidable coupling" was invented by Korkut Tasan (Manisa, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driveshaft assembly comprising an elongated front shaft (3), a retaining element (10) being engaged from a connection end (50) with the front shaft (3) in a co-rotating manner and a coupling device (20) secured to the front shaft (3) by means of the retaining element (10) is provided. The driveshaft further comprises a gear part (52) which is extending on the connection end (50) and the retaining element (10) is having a sleev...