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Flexible thermoplastic composite coupling and method of manufacture

US11260605B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GOODRICH CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Raghu Iyer · New Hartford, US
Joyel M. Schaefer · Earlville, US
Brayton Reed · Village of New York Mills, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 21, 2020
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 21, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16C2326/43
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A process for forming a flexible composite driveshaft includes providing a mandrel having a rigid region and a compressible region, applying fiber tape to the mandrel using automated fiber placement with in-situ laser curing in the rigid region and without in-situ laser curing the compressible region, and compressing the fiber tape and compressible material in the compressible region to form diaphragms that extend radially outward to a diameter that is at least twice the size of a diameter of the composite driveshaft in the rigid region.

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