US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on July 1 for "Hydraulic systems" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,205, issued on July 1, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Hydraulic systems" was invented by Ashley Bidmead (Bristol, Great Britain) and Chris Wootton (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic brake system for activating the wheel brakes of an aircraft landing gear assembly includes a hydraulic fluid supply line and an associated return line. There is a valve which separates a source of hydraulic fluid from a portion of the return line and an associated leak path associated with the valve that in use maintains the pressure and/or volume of hydraulic fluid in the portion of the re...