ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,239, issued on April 21, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Aircraft landing gear assembly" was invented by Kevin Hogg (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft landing gear assembly 1 includes a wheel 10, a disc brake 20 comprising one or more discs 21, 22 and a filter 30. The disc brake is operable to inhibit rotation of wheel 10 during a braking event thereby resulting in the formation of brake dust from the one or more discs 21, 22. The filter 30 is positioned relative to the disc brake 20 such that air flows over the one or more discs 21,22, through the filter 30 and away ...