US Patent Issued to Goodrich on Sept. 16 for "Solenoid/magnetic hold brake with power off magnet hold function" (North Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,602, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Goodrich Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Solenoid/magnetic hold brake with power off magnet hold function" was invented by Wesley K. Stegmiller (Jamestown, N.D.), Wallace H. Larson (Jamestown, N.D.) and Scott P. Harms (Ypsilanti, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power drive unit (PDU) having a magnetic hold brake for use in an aircraft is disclosed herein. The PDU includes a wheel configured to convey cargo through a portion of the aircraft, a motor coupled to the wheel, a brake disk, a solenoid configured to apply a first force to move the brake disk in a first direction to resist rotation of...