ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,050, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Hybrid brake systems and methods" was invented by Marc Georgin (Dayton, Ohio) and Richard A. Poisson (Avon, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking system for an aircraft may comprise: a brake assembly including a brake stack; an electric braking subsystem having an electric brake actuator configured to operate the brake assembly; and a controller in operable communication with the electric braking subsystem, the controller configured to perform a wear depth measurement process, the wear depth measurement process comprising: determine a reference position...