ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,072, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy Villacoublay, France).
"Aircraft wheel having driving lugs" was invented by Sylvain Moline (Velizy, France), Yannick Tarnowski (Velizy-Villacoublay, France) and Cedric Roulon (Velizy, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft wheel includes a rim that is secured to a central hub defining an axis of rotation of the wheel. The wheel includes one or more driving pins that extend from the hub, projecting in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheel so as to cooperate with a driving member for driving the wheel in rotation. The driv...