ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,917, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc. (Ajax, Canada).
"Passive eddy-current wheel brake with conical form" was invented by Robert Kyle Schmidt (Brooklin, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake assembly is suitable for use in conjunction with a wheel having a rim rotatably mounted to an axle. The brake assembly includes a rotor configured to rotate about the axis with the rim. The rotor has a first frustoconical rotor surface and either a conductive element or a magnet. The brake assembly further includes a stator fixed in rotation about the axis and configured for selective translation pa...