Patents Assigned to Goodrich Corporation
  • Patent number: 12264717
    Abstract: Stator clips may be disposed in the recesses of aircraft brake stator disks to increase the lug strength of the stator disk. The clips may interface with the splines of a torque plate and may comprise ridges that reduce contact between the torque plate barrel and the clip, while maintaining the overall integrity of the clip structure. Furthermore, reduced contact may enable a reduction in drag, improving brake performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alan M. Bonifas, Matthew Ryan O'Neil
  • Patent number: 12263940
    Abstract: A method for braking an aircraft is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving, by a brake controller, a first signal from a position sensor of a first pedal, receiving, by the brake controller, a second signal from a pedal sensor of the first pedal, determining, by the brake controller, that the pedal is being pressed based on the first and second signals, and sending, by the brake controller, an instruction to apply a brake pressure in response to the determination that the pedal is being pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dharamveer Bathla, Manju Maheve, Paul R. Burte, Udhayakumar Mani
  • Publication number: 20250102032
    Abstract: A method is provided for refurbishing a C/C disk of a first thickness and coated with a first ceramic solution for a second life. The method includes machining the C/C disk of the first thickness to remove a coating of the first ceramic solution from the wear surfaces of the C/C disk of the first thickness. Removing the coating of the first ceramic solution further removes a portion of the C/C disk thereby forming a C/C disk of a second thickness. The second thickness is less than the first thickness. The method further includes coating the wear surfaces of the C/C disk of the second thickness with a second ceramic solution, thereby forming a C/C disk of the second thickness coated with the second ceramic solution. Additionally, the method includes drying the C/C disk of the second thickness coated with the second ceramic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventor: JECEE JARMAN
  • Publication number: 20250100670
    Abstract: An in-floor adapter for a cargo deck of a cargo handling system may comprise: a plate extending from a proximal end to a distal end; a pocket disposed in the plate, the pocket having a sidewall and a bottom wall; a fitting disposed in the pocket, the fitting configured to mount a leg of a seat; and a slot disposed through the plate, the slot configured to guide an attachment mechanism during installation of the in-floor adapter in the cargo deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wesley K. Stegmiller
  • Publication number: 20250100533
    Abstract: A brake control system includes a servo valve and a brake control unit in electronic communication with the servo valve. The servo valve is configured to receive a hydraulic fluid and provide the hydraulic fluid to apply braking force to a wheel via a hydraulic line. The brake control unit is configured to calibrate the servo valve and determine whether a calibration of the servo valve was successful. In response to the calibration of the servo valve being successful, the brake control unit can operate the servo valve in an open-loop system. In response to the calibration of the servo valve being unsuccessful, the brake control unit can operate the servo valve in a closed-loop system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Georgin, Philip Hill
  • Patent number: 12260767
    Abstract: A method is disclosed here. The method includes receiving an input from an aircraft, determining a towing status of the aircraft based on the input, and sending a message to a transmitter to transmit the towing status of the aircraft. Also disclosed herein is a system including an aircraft including a nose landing gear, a first controller, and a transmitter, wherein the first controller is configured to determine a towing status of the aircraft based on a number of sensor signals received from the aircraft, and the transmitter is configured to transmit the towing status and a tow truck configured to tow the aircraft, the tow truck including a second controller and a receiver, wherein the receiver is configured to receive the towing status from the transmitter, and the second controller is configured to provide an indication of the towing status of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Santhosh Muralidharan, Suhas Venkata Prithvi Gorthi, Manjunatha Kamala, Prashant Kokati, Vishwas Bantanahal, Ashutosh Kumar Jha, Vishwanath Gurushankar, Srikant Mahor, Raghavendra Horeyala Gopala
  • Patent number: 12257787
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a composite structure can be formed of or including a plurality of composite strips. The plurality of composite strips include one or more filler strips which can have at least one filler edge having a filler edge geometry between a first surface and second surface, the second surface being opposite the first surface. The filler edge geometry can be configured to prevent formation of one or more gaps between one or more adjacent composite strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Gurvich, Georgios S. Zafiris, Joyel M. Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20250092512
    Abstract: A method for forming a bi-layer coating on a substrate is disclosed herein. The method includes placing the substrate in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) furnace, the substrate including a surface, applying a reactant vapor to the surface of the substrate to form a first coating, applying methyl trichlorosilane (MTS) to the substrate after applying the reactant vapor to the substrate, and heating the CVD furnace, including the substrate, to a first temperature to form a second coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: STEVEN POTEET, PAUL T. PEREA, JOHN S. LINCK, KIRK CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, GARTH WILKS
  • Publication number: 20250091727
    Abstract: An extending cargo restraint assembly for a cargo handling system mobile is provided. The extending cargo restraint assembly includes a base assembly, The base assembly includes a primary plunger and a secondary plunger. Responsive to be activated, the primary plunger is configured to extend in a first direction into an opening within a modular container thereby restraining the modular container in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction. Responsive to being activated, the secondary plunger is configured to extend in the second direction within the opening of the modular container thereby further restraining the modular container in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary MEYER, Jacob Leroy LIMKE
  • Publication number: 20250091961
    Abstract: A method is provided for forming a carbon/carbon (C/C) disk with boron nitride (BN) doping. Borazine is generated using a set of borazine precursors. Starting carbon fibers are coated or impregnated with the borazine in an inert atmosphere. The starting carbon fibers are needled into layered fabric and the layered fabric is needled into boards from which a preform is cut, the needling and cutting performed in the inert atmosphere. The borazine in the preform is stabilized to convert the borazine to polyborazylene. The polyborazylene in the preform is cured. The polyborazylene in the preform is then crystalized to form BN particulates. The preform with the BN particulates is carbonized and then densified with pyrolytic carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: JECEE JARMAN, LAUREN BARTOLO
  • Publication number: 20250091716
    Abstract: A controller for a cargo handling system. The controller includes a touch screen display, a processor, and a memory operatively coupled to the processor. The memory includes instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: present multiple cargo operating modes to an operator via the touch screen display; responsive to receiving a selection of a cargo operating mode from the multiple cargo operating modes, present a set of operations associated with the cargo operating mode to the operator; and, responsive to receiving a selection of at least one operation from the set of operations associated with the cargo operating mode, sending at least one command to the cargo handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kevin Setterstrom
  • Publication number: 20250091968
    Abstract: A system is provided for carbon dioxide (CO2) emission recovery. The system includes a methanization reactor. The methanization reactor is configured to receive CO2 separated from one or more off gases of a brake manufacturing process, convert the CO2 and supplied hydrogen (H2) via methanization to produce methane (CH4); and supply the produced CH4 to at least one of a carbon/carbon (C/C) preform production process or another system for heat generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: HARALAMBOS CORDATOS, ZISSIS A. DARDAS, SEAN C. EMERSON, YING SHE, LEAH PATRICE SUTTON, MICHAEL N. YOUNG, DANIEL HALL
  • Patent number: 12252267
    Abstract: A cargo restraint system may comprise an inner shaft and a first outer tube coaxially configured to rotate about an axis and a first restraint located about the first outer tube and configured to rotate about the axis. A second outer tube coupled to the inner shaft configured to rotate about the axis and a second restraint located about the second outer tube and configured to rotate about the axis. The first restraint and the second restraint may include a head configured to rotate about the axis and a plunger configured to translate between an engaged state and a disengaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary Meyer, Brandon David Lee, Wallace Harold Larson, Alexander Mitchell Heyd
  • Patent number: 12253112
    Abstract: A bushing for use in an aircraft includes a hollow cylindrical shaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a radially outwardly extending flange disposed at the first end of the hollow cylindrical shaft, an entry way disposed along the radially outwardly extending flange, and a lubrication passageway fluidly coupled to the entry way. The lubrication passageway extends between the first end and the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventor: James Keith Williamson
  • Patent number: 12253495
    Abstract: A testing device includes a first member to be positioned on one surface of a part to be tested. A second member to be positioned on an opposed surface of the part to be tested. One of the first and second members have an ultrasonic transmitter and the other has an ultrasonic receiver. At least one of the first and second members have at least one magnetic element and the other of the first and second member have at least one magnetic or at least one ferromagnetic metallic element such that when one of the first and second members moves along the surface of the tested part the other of the first and second members will move along an opposed surface with the one of the members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas McNeil, Jeffrey J. Allen, Joyel Schaefer, Mark R. Gurvich, Michael J. King, Brayton Reed
  • Patent number: 12246824
    Abstract: A rack assembly for a rack and pinion gear system may comprise: a rack housing; and a rack disposed within the rack housing, the rack and the rack housing at least partially defining a first hydraulic chamber disposed between a first side of the rack and the rack housing, a second hydraulic chamber disposed between a second side of the rack and the rack housing, a third hydraulic chamber disposed within the rack proximal the first hydraulic chamber, and a fourth hydraulic chamber disposed within the rack proximal the second hydraulic chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jason Bradley Allen
  • Patent number: 12247614
    Abstract: A drive shaft for transferring torque including a tubular insert extending along an axis and defining a first layer of the drive shaft including at least one straight portion and at least one undulation, wherein the tubular insert includes a first material having a first deformation temperature, and a polymeric tubular covering defining a second layer of the drive shaft surrounding the tubular insert including a second material having a deformation temperature lower than the deformation temperature of the first material, wherein the covering includes at least one straight portion adjacent to the straight portion of the tubular insert and at least one undulation adjacent to the at least one undulation of the tubular insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Gurvich, Georgios S. Zafiris, Brayton Reed, Joyel M. Schaefer, Michael J. King
  • Patent number: 12246994
    Abstract: A method for forming an oxidation protection system on a composite structure are provided. The method includes applying a composite slurry to the composite structure, wherein the composite slurry comprises boron carbide, silicon carbide, borosilicate glass, an oxygen reactant compound including a silica forming component, and a carrier fluid and heating the composite structure to a temperature sufficient to form a boron-silicon-glass-oxygen reactant layer on the composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven A. Poteet, Katherine Urena Pimentel, Philip Sheehan, John Weaver
  • Patent number: 12246837
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metal component with an anti-microbial molecular layer may comprise: disposing the metal component in a piranha solution; washing the metal component; and grafting a surface of the metal component with a Si-Quat or hybrid Si-Quat molecular layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Hu, Phi Doan
  • Publication number: 20250075759
    Abstract: A method is provided for decreasing a wear rate of a brake stack or a heat sink wear rate and increasing a brake life of the brake stack or the heat sink. The method includes coating a wear surface of a brake disk with at least one of an engineered ceramic material or ceramic solution, thereby forming a coated brake disk and installing the coated brake disk in a multi-disk brake system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: JECEE JARMAN, PHILLIP E COOLEY