Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Buckling-resistant thin-wall drive shafts
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Application No.: US17156332Application Date: 2021-01-22
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Publication No.: US11649849B2Publication Date: 2023-05-16
- Inventor: Mark R. Gurvich , Georgios S. Zafiris , Brayton Reed , Joyel M. Schaefer , Michael King
- Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation , Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Kinney & Lange, P.A.
- Main IPC: F16C3/02
- IPC: F16C3/02 ; B23K31/02 ; B29C65/00 ; B29C65/02 ; B29C65/48 ; B29C65/60

Abstract:
A mechanical part configured to be placed under torque. The mechanical part includes an inner tube having, a corrugated web, and an outer shell. The inner tube has an outer tube circumference, a tube axial direction, and a tube length. The corrugated web has a plurality of peaks and a plurality of troughs, a height measured as a difference between one of the peaks and one of the troughs, and a web length perpendicular to the height and in the tube axial direction. The outer shell has an inner shell circumference, an outer shell circumference, and a shell length. The plurality of troughs is affixed to the outer circumference of the inner tube. The plurality of peaks is affixed to the inner shell circumference of the outer shell. The web length is aligned with the tube length and the shell length.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220235814A1 BUCKLING-RESISTANT THIN-WALL DRIVE SHAFTS Public/Granted day:2022-07-28
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