Systems and methods for reducing oxidation of friction disks
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsPeter A. T. Cocks, Thomas P Filburn, Ying She, Haralambos Cordatos, Zissis A. Dardas, William P. May
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Abstract
A system, and associated method, for reducing oxidation of a friction disk may include a braking assembly comprising the friction disk and a coolant loop coupled to the braking assembly, with the coolant loop being configured to circulate liquid coolant from the braking assembly. That is, the coolant loop may be configured to reduce the temperature of the braking assembly, thus reducing the rate/extent of oxidation of the friction disks and potentially enabling the concentration of oxygen around the braking assembly to be reduced.
Claims9
A method for reducing oxidation of a friction disk of a braking assembly of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- determining a status of the braking assembly, wherein the status pertains to a likelihood of oxidation of the friction disk of the braking assembly;
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- based on the status of the braking assembly, circulating a liquid coolant to the braking assembly to transfer heat from the friction disk to the liquid coolant, wherein circulating the liquid coolant to the braking assembly comprises routing the liquid coolant through a liquid coolant line defined, at least partially, by a torque tube of the braking assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.