US Patent Issued to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS CANADA on Oct. 28 for "Self-lubricating pin" (Canadian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,979, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy-Villacoublay, France) and SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS CANADA INC. (Ajax, Canada).

"Self-lubricating pin" was invented by Andrew Michael Ellis (Guelph, Canada), Aakash Gohil (Toronto) and Graeme Peter Arthur Klim (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pin for a pinned joint includes a hollow body with a first and second end caps coupled to first and second ends, respectively. The body and the end caps at least partially define a cavity within the body, wherein at least one aperture extends through the hollow body. A main piston is slidably dispose...