US 11,851,165 B2
System and method reducing aircraft brake wear
Franklin Michael Heid, Santa Clarita, CA (US); and David Deloria, Santa Clarita, CA (US)
Assigned to Hydro-Aire, Inc., a subsidiary of Crane Co., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed by Hydro-Aire, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/576,857.
Application 17/576,857 is a continuation of application No. 16/709,584, filed on Dec. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,254,422.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/780,134, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135214 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. F16D 65/00 (2006.01); B64C 25/42 (2006.01); B60T 8/18 (2006.01); B60T 8/32 (2006.01); F16D 65/847 (2006.01); B08B 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 25/42 (2013.01) [B08B 3/08 (2013.01); B60T 8/18 (2013.01); B60T 8/325 (2013.01); F16D 65/0031 (2013.01); F16D 65/0037 (2013.01); F16D 65/0043 (2013.01); F16D 65/847 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of adaptive braking of an aircraft to reduce brake wear and wear brakes evenly, the aircraft including a plurality of brake disks that cooperate to brake the aircraft in response to a brake command, the method comprising the steps of:
collecting data on aircraft speed, aircraft deceleration, aircraft weight, brake temperature, and brake pressure;
monitoring for a brake command;
actuating one or more of a plurality of wheel brakes in response to the brake command based on the collected data;
adjusting a surface condition of the brake disk surfaces based on the collected data, said adjusting including applying a carbon particulate to the brake surfaces to reduce brake temperature to a desired value.