US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Nov. 18 for "Brake and slider for aircraft workpiece maintenance stand" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,099, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Brake and slider for aircraft workpiece maintenance stand" was invented by Kimberly Wilkerson (Midwest City, Okla.) and Juan Soto (Oklahoma City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake in combination with a slider for holding an aircraft workpiece in position for maintenance. The combination has a slider which circumscribes and moves on a support bar and a brake configured to lock the slider in place on the support bar. The brake has a brake pad internal to the slider and at least partially c...