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US 2024/0051660 A1Published application
Tapered torque plate barrel for improving dynamic stability
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsSundar Viswanathan, Phillip E. Cooley
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Abstract
A torque plate barrel for use with a brake system is disclosed herein. The torque plate barrel includes a barrel body having an outer diameter, an inner diameter, and an axial length extending from a first end to an opposing second end, wherein the inner diameter varies along the axial length and the outer diameter is fixed along the axial length.
Claims20
A torque plate barrel for use with a brake system, comprising:
- a barrel body having an outer diameter, an inner diameter, and an axial length extending from a first end to an opposing second end, wherein the inner diameter varies along the axial length and the outer diameter is fixed along the axial length.
A brake assembly attached to a wheel, comprising:
- a torque barrel having an inner diameter and an axial length, the axial length having a first end and an opposing second end, the inner diameter decreasing along the axial length from the first end to the second end, wherein the torque barrel has a first thickness at the first end and a second thickness at the second end;
- a heat sink disposed around the torque barrel;
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- a plurality of stator disks mounted to the torque barrel.
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A method of forming a torque plate barrel, comprising:
- receiving a torque plate barrel having a first end and an opposing second end, the torque plate barrel having an inner surface sidewall extending from the first end to the second end;
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- performing a tapering process to remove material from the inner surface sidewall, the tapering processing removing more material from the inner surface sidewall at the first end of the torque plate barrel than from the second end of the torque plate barrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.