ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,246, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).
"Device and method for monitoring a disk brake system of an aircraft landing gear" was invented by Nadia Bour (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Alexandre Biava (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Didier Da Costa (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly of a disk brake system (2) of an aircraft landing gear (I) and a monitoring device (3), the disk brake system (2) comprising at least one stator disk (21) and at least one rotor disk (22) configured to be pressed against said stator disk (21), the monitoring device (3) comprising...