Patents by Inventor Gordon P. Worgan

Gordon P. Worgan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Composite drive shafts
    Patent number: 4325174
    Abstract: A composite drive shaft having a pair of aligned, diametrically opposed bores in which a cross-shaped coupling forming part of a universal joint is pivotally connected. This construction materially reduces the weight of drive shaft/universal joint combinations by eliminating the steel Hookes joint yokes which heretofore have been bonded into the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1982
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Derek R. Smith, Gordon P. Worgan
  • Composite drive shafts
    Patent number: 4218895
    Abstract: A composite drive shaft having a pair of aligned, diametrically opposed bores in which a cross-shaped coupling forming part of a universal joint is pivotally connected. This construction materially reduces the weight of drive shaft/universal joint combinations by eliminating the steel Hookes joint yokes which heretofore have been bonded into the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1980
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Derek R. Smith, Gordon P. Worgan