Patents by Inventor Scott G. Knight

Scott G. Knight 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).

  • Patent number: 10926745
    Abstract: A system and associated method for achieving both force and position control of motor-driven electrical brake actuators for a brake disc stack that has, and seeks to maintain, a characteristic built-in clearance among the discs. The system employs both force feedback and motor turns position feedback associated with the actuator during a braking operation in order to obtain a motor turns position that achieves the characteristic built-in clearance following braking action or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold A. Beck, Scott G. Knight
  • Publication number: 20190111901
    Abstract: A system and associated method for achieving both force and position control of motor-driven electrical brake actuators for a brake disc stack that has, and seeks to maintain, a characteristic built-in clearance among the discs. The system employs both force feedback and motor turns position feedback associated with the actuator during a braking operation in order to obtain a motor turns position that achieves the characteristic built-in clearance following braking action or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Arnold A. Beck, Scott G. Knight
  • Patent number: 6419056
    Abstract: Apparatus for aircraft brake thermal management including heat shields made of one or more insulating pouches of metallic foil having ceramic fibers or other appropriate insulation therein. The pouches are either vacuum sealed or provided with pin hole breathing apertures to eliminate expansion forces, while precluding the entry of cleaning fluids, moisture and the like into the cavity thereof. The invention further provides for brake rotor and stator disks having lugs of increased shear strength, while providing cooling apertures or slots therein. Finally, the invention includes a heat shield interposed between an aircraft wheel and the brake disk stack, and wherein the heat shield is flared at an end thereof to maximize the ingress and egress of cooling air to optimize aircraft turnaround time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Aircraft Braking Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Mark P. Dyko, Scott G. Knight