ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,801, issued on June 17, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Stator clip for brake assembly" was invented by Alan M. Bonifas (Vandalia, Ohio), Matthew Ryan O'Neil (Tipp City, Ohio) and Christopher E. Wright (Arvada, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator disk assembly for a brake assembly is disclosed. The stator disk assembly includes at least a pair lugs with a recess disposed therebetween, along with a separate stator clip that is separately mounted on each of the lugs. The stator clips are configured such that a spline of a torque plate barrel that is disposed in the recess will contact only the stator disk a...