US Patent Issued to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS on June 23 for "Heat shield assembly" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,092, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

"Heat shield assembly" was invented by Sylvain Moline (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat shield assembly for a braked aircraft wheel is provided. The heat shield assembly includes a heat shield and at least one spacer having both a main body projecting from an outwardly-facing surface of the heat shield and a clamping element of generally cylindrical shape projecting from the body and passing perpendicularly through an opening in the heat shield. The clamping element can include an enlarged free end so as to co-op...