ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,837, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Heat shield chin ring" was invented by Karol Stras (Jelenia Gora, Poland) and Adam Wyszowski (Wroclaw, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chin ring heat shield for a wheel assembly is provided. The chin ring heat shield is arranged to provide a shield between convection and radiation heat from braking components and a tire of the wheel assembly. The chin ring includes a first, radially extending, flat portion extending from a first chin ring end and a second, concave portion extending generally axially away from the first portion to a second chin ring end...