ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,731, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Multiple stiffness brake assembly" was invented by Brian Shula (South Bend, Ind.) and William E Pajak (Chesterton, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a brake assembly includes a torque tube supporting a plurality of splines including a first spline and a second spline. The first spline has a first stiffness and the second spline has a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness. The braking system is configured such that, during a braking event and/or other relative motion between the stator disc and the torque tube, the fi...