ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,824, issued on March 11, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Nose wheel steering systems and methods" was invented by Jason Bradley Allen (Waco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rack assembly for a rack and pinion gear system may comprise: a rack housing; and a rack disposed within the rack housing, the rack and the rack housing at least partially defining a first hydraulic chamber disposed between a first side of the rack and the rack housing, a second hydraulic chamber disposed between a second side of the rack and the rack housing, a third hydraulic chamber disposed within the rack proximal the first hydrauli...