ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,128, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy Villacoublay, France).

"Bar for a braked aircraft wheel" was invented by Aurelie Soula (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Patrice Palazzoli (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Alexandre Daulny (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Arnaud Caraty (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a bar (10) for a braked aircraft wheel (103), the bar being for fitting to a rim (104) of the wheel in order to drive rotor brake disks (106b) in rotation. The bar comprises a substantially rectilinear body (11) having at least one segment (14) including two wings (15)...