Goodrich Corporation

Timothy Kyle Todd

Nathaniel John Herrmann

A heat shield assembly for a wheel is disclosed. The heat shield assembly includes a heat shield having a pair of heat shield ends. A bifurcated seam mounting bracket includes a first bracket section that is fixed relative one of the heat shield ends, along with a second bracket section that is fixed relative to the other of the heat shield ends. The second bracket section may be directly mounted to the heat shield. A seam clasp section may be directly mounted to both the heat shield and the first bracket section such that the first bracket section is indirectly mounted to the heat shield.

Bifurcated heat shield attachment bracket

A heat shield for a wheel is disclosed. A torque bar may be used to mount the heat shield to the wheel, and includes a connector in the form of a stem and a head. A stiffening or reinforcement plate is mounted to the heat shield with a torque bar mounting aperture extending through the reinforcement plate being disposed about at least part of a torque bar mounting aperture extending through the heat shield. The torque bar mounting aperture of the reinforcement plate is disposed/configured such that the head of the torque bar may be disposed in overlying relation to portions of an outer surface of the heat shield that are on opposite sides of the torque bar mounting aperture through the heat shield that are exposed by the torque bar mounting aperture through the reinforcement plate.

Heat shield assembly with stiffening plate

A multilayer piston insulator may comprise a plurality of axially aligned disks of a disk stack comprising, a first disk, a second disk, and a third disk, wherein the second disk is coupled axially between the first disk and the third disk and comprises a different material than the third disk, and wherein the disk stack is configured to couple to a hydraulic piston.

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Lebanon, OH, United States of America

Timothy Kyle Todd