Patents by Inventor Albert E. Kartman

Albert E. Kartman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aircraft brake assembly providing additional wearable friction material
    Patent number: 5588507
    Abstract: An aircraft brake assembly (10) comprises a torque tube (12) connected with a piston housing (14), and a heat sink (50) comprising friction material stator discs (22, 24, 26, 28, 30) connected non-rotatably with the torque tube (12) and friction material rotor discs (40) for connection with a wheel. The piston housing (14) includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart pistons (16) for compressing the heat sink (50) during braking. Because of size limitations imposed upon the piston housing (14), fluid passages (23) in the piston housing (14) are offset or cross-drilled and terminate at piston housing bosses (15) located circumferentially between the pistons (16) and facing the pressure plate or adjacent friction material stator disc (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: AlliedSignal, Inc.
    Inventors: George C. Beardsley, Brian K. Berk, Albert E. Kartman, Stanley W. May, Douglas J. Wise, Michael J. Zarembka