ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,726, issued on May 20, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Multi-layer aircraft brake insulator" was invented by Nathaniel J. Herrmann (Springfield, Ohio) and Wenping Zhao (Glastonbury, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft brake insulator assembly for a brake mechanism of an aircraft includes a torque barrel assembly and a multi-layer insulator. The torque barrel assembly includes a torque plate and a torque barrel coupled to the torque plate. The multi-layer insulator is configured to be located between a piston housing of the brake mechanism and the torque plate. The multi-layer insulator includes a first...