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AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsJames J. Cress, Charles F. Sarver
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An aircraft brake system (42) includes a torque tube (44), a plurality of spaced stators (48) mounted on the torque tube (44), a wheel (40) surrounding the torque tube (44) and a plurality of rotors (50) connected to the wheel (40) and projecting into the spaces between adjacent ones of the stators (48). A backing plate (52) mounted on the torque tube (44) has a first side (54) facing the rotors (50) and a second side (56) facing away from the rotors (50), and the second side (56) includes a plurality of keyways (58). A plurality of torque pads (10, 70, 100, 120) are connected to the torque tube (44), each having a body (12, 72, 102, 122) with a first surface (14, 74, 104, 124) contacting the second side (56) of the backing plate (52) and at least one key (22, 82, 112, 114, 130, 132) projecting from the first surface (14, 74, 104, 124) into one of the plurality of keyways (58). Also a torque pad (10, 70, 100, 120) and a method of connecting a backing plate to a torque tube.
An aircraft brake system comprising:
A method of connecting a backing plate of an aircraft brake system to a torque tube comprising the steps of:
An aircraft brake system torque pad comprising a superalloy or high-temperature steel body having a first planar surface adapted to engage a flat surface of a backing plate of a carbon brake stack and at least one key projecting from said first planar surface and adapted to be received in a keyway in the flat surface of the backing plate, said torque pad configured to fix the backing plate relative to a torque tube when the brake stack is compressed during a braking operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.