Interference No. 102,755
The subject matter of this interference is a method
of operating carbon brakes on an aircraft assembly. Count 1,
the sole count, reads as follows:
A method of increasing the service
life of carbon disks which form the
functional braking elements of a brake disk
stack of an aircraft brake assembly, each
brake assembly associated with a respective
wheel of a plurality of wheels which
comprise a landing gear configuration of
the aircraft, the method comprising the
steps of:
establishing a preselected first group
of brake assemblies of a total number of
brake assemblies which are actuated for
both low-pressure and high[-]pressure
braking of the aircraft;
establishing a preselected second
group of brake assemblies which comprises
the remaining number of the total number of
braking assemblies which are actuated only
during high-pressure braking of the
aircraft;
actuating the first group of brake
assemblies during the taxi-snub stops of
the aircraft when it is on the ground; and
actuating the first and second groups
of brake assemblies during landing of the
aircraft.
Although the meaning and scope of the count are not
in dispute, we note that while the count does not expressly
call for actuating only the first group of brake assemblies
during taxi-snubs, both parties seem to have interpreted it in
this way and so will we. Otherwise, the count would encompass
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