ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,568, issued on June 9, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Landing gear add-on energy absorption system" was invented by Basavaraj Bodki (Bangalore, India), Hemanth M N (Hassan, India) and Kyle M. Madey (Broadview Hts, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock strut assembly is disclosed herein. The shock strut assembly includes a shock strut cylinder defining a mixed fluid chamber, a shock strut piston defining a liquid chamber, the shock strut piston operatively coupled to slide within the shock strut cylinder, an orifice support tube coupled to the shock strut cylinder and defining an orifice between the liquid cha...