ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,022, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Composite PDU tire in an aircraft cargo handling system" was invented by Sanjay Yadav (Bangalore, India) and Mohinder Saini (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite PDU tire in an aircraft cargo handling system may include a plurality of bonded regions configured to propel cargo within an aircraft cargo bay. The composite tire may include edge regions that are stiffer than a cylindrical region. The edge regions may be configured to have a greater wear resistance and abrasion resistance relative to the cylindrical region. The cylindrical reg...