US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on March 17 for "Corrosion protection for aircraft wheel pneumatic ports" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,677, issued on March 17, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Corrosion protection for aircraft wheel pneumatic ports" was invented by Scottie G. Whittle (Springboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel assembly is provided that includes a structure defining a wheel portion configured to receive a portion of a tire. The wheel assembly further includes a structure of the wheel portion defining an air channel from a face of the wheel portion to an area that receives the portion of the tire, an end of the air channel proximate to the face being configured to receive a valve, where the structure is further configur...