ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,578, issued on March 24, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Aircraft landing gear arrangement" was invented by Andrew Bill (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft landing gear arrangement (1, 101) on an aircraft, the arrangement including a wheel (2, 22), a brake (6) operable to inhibit rotation of the wheel, one or more fan blades (7a, 7b) rotatable to cool the brake, and a brushless DC motor (8) operable to rotate the one or more fan blades."
The patent was filed on Sept. 27, 2022, under Application No. 17/954,108.
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