US 11,668,360 B2
Hybrid torque bar
Leslie Steele, Dayton, OH (US); Thomas P. Filburn, Granby, CT (US); and Michael A. Klecka, Coventry, CT (US)
Assigned to Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,616.
Application 17/370,616 is a division of application No. 15/962,680, filed on Apr. 25, 2018, granted, now 11,092,203.
Prior Publication US 2021/0332864 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. F16D 65/02 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); F16D 65/00 (2006.01); F16F 7/08 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B64C 25/42 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 65/02 (2013.01) [B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F16D 65/0006 (2013.01); F16F 7/08 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B64C 25/42 (2013.01); F16D 2065/138 (2013.01); F16D 2065/1392 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49982 (2015.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hybrid torque bar for a wheel assembly, the hybrid torque bar comprising:
a base portion comprising a first metal alloy;
a pin extending from a first end of the base portion;
an attachment flange extending from the base portion; and
a first rail extending between the first end of the base portion and a second end of the base portion opposite the first end,
wherein an interior portion, in a cross section, of at least one of the attachment flange, the pin, or the first rail comprises the first metal alloy and a first percentage by weight of a wear resistant coating material, the wear resistant coating material being different from the first metal alloy,
wherein an exterior portion, in the cross section, of the at least one of the attachment flange, the pin, or the first rail comprises a second metal alloy, wherein the exterior portion comprises a second percentage by weight of the wear resistant coating material, the second percentage by weight being greater than the first percentage by weight, and
wherein an intermediate portion, in the cross section, of the at least one of the attachment flange, the pin, or the first rail extends between the interior portion and the exterior portion, wherein the intermediate portion includes an increasing percentage by weight of the wear resistance coating material between the first percentage and the second percentage.