ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,028, issued on July 22, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Systems and methods for manufacturing landing gear components using titanium" was invented by Noel C. Haynes (Etobicoke, Canada), Roque Panza-Giosa (Oakville, Canada) and Sergey Mironets (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metallic part is disclosed. The part may comprise a functionally graded monolithic structure characterized by a variation between a first material composition of a tubular preform and a second material composition of at least one of a secondary structural element wherein each of the first material composition and the second mat...