ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,619, issued on June 17, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Alternate-secondary system in pressure control mode for minimal braking disruption in a primary-alternate braking system" was invented by Marc J. Georgin (Dayton, Ohio) and Richard A. Poisson (Avon, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling an aircraft braking system includes initiating the aircraft braking system by receiving a first brake command at a primary system to actuate braking via the primary system, receiving the first brake command at an alternate system, and in response to the primary system losing an ability to control a brake,...