公开(公告)号：US10293922B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-21

申请号：US14775342

申请日：2014-03-14

申请人： Joseph J. Cox ,  Isaiah W. Cox ,  Jan Vana ,  Michael Spillias ,  Joseph Goldman

发明人： Joseph J. Cox ,  Isaiah W. Cox ,  Jan Vana ,  Michael Spillias ,  Joseph Goldman

IPC分类号： B64C25/40 ,  B64D43/00 ,  B64F5/60

摘要： A cockpit control system and method for efficiently controlling ground travel in an aircraft equipped with an engine-free electric taxi system are provided. The cockpit control system is configured with a display that provides a maximum amount of information during aircraft ground movement with a minimal amount of input from and distraction to pilots or cockpit crew to facilitate essentially hands free operation and control of aircraft ground travel. System test and drive procedures ensure safe aircraft ground travel with the engine-free electric taxi system. Constant pilot hand or other input is not required to achieve safe and maximally efficient aircraft ground travel powered by the aircraft's engine-free electric taxi system or, under selected defined conditions, by the aircraft's engines to achieve this maximum efficiency. The system may further be designed to be uninterruptible by unauthorized persons.

公开(公告)号：US20150221224A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-06

申请号：US14341768

申请日：2014-07-26

申请人： Isaiah W. Cox ,  Joseph J. Cox ,  Joseph Goldman ,  Jan Vana

发明人： Isaiah W. Cox ,  Joseph J. Cox ,  Joseph Goldman ,  Jan Vana

IPC分类号： G08G5/00 ,  H04B7/185 ,  B64C25/40

CPC分类号： G08G5/0013 ,  B64C25/405 ,  G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/065 ,  H04B7/18506

摘要： A permanent wireless onboard to ground operations communications system is provided for an aircraft equipped with a pilot-controllable drive wheel drive system for autonomous ground movement without reliance on the aircraft's engines or external tow vehicles, including an onboard wireless communications link installed to remain permanently with the aircraft designed to interface wirelessly with ground personnel at any airport, aerodrome, or airfield where the aircraft lands immediately upon landing. The permanent wireless onboard to ground operations communications system provides a substantially instantaneous connection between a pilot and ground personnel to facilitate guidance of pilot-controlled autonomous ground movement during taxi, parking in nose-in and parallel orientations, and pushback without reliance on visual signals. The present communications system establishes and maintains cockpit to ground communications during pilot-controlled autonomous aircraft ground movement to enhance the safety of ramp operations and improve the speed at which ramp operations can be safely conducted.

摘要翻译： 为配备有用于自主地面运动的先导可控驱动轮驱动系统的飞机提供永久无线机载对地操作通信系统，而不依赖于飞机的引擎或外部拖车，包括安装成永久保持的车载无线通信链路 该飞机旨在与飞机在着陆时立即着陆的任何机场，机场或机场与地面人员进行无线通讯。 永久性的无线车载到地面操作通信系统提供了飞行员和地面人员之间的基本上瞬时的连接，以便于在出租车期间指导驾驶员控制的自主地面运动，停泊在鼻子和平行的方向，以及不依赖于视觉信号的推回。 本通信系统在飞行员控制的自主飞机地面运动期间建立并维护驾驶舱到地面通信，以增强斜坡操作的安全性并提高斜坡操作可以安全地进行的速度。

公开(公告)号：US09715831B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-25

申请号：US14341768

申请日：2014-07-26

申请人： Isaiah W. Cox ,  Joseph J. Cox ,  Joseph Goldman ,  Jan Vana

发明人： Isaiah W. Cox ,  Joseph J. Cox ,  Joseph Goldman ,  Jan Vana

IPC分类号： B64C25/50 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64C25/40 ,  H04B7/185 ,  G08G5/06

CPC分类号： G08G5/0013 ,  B64C25/405 ,  G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/065 ,  H04B7/18506

摘要： A permanent wireless onboard to ground operations communications system is provided for an aircraft equipped with a pilot-controllable drive wheel drive system for autonomous ground movement without reliance on the aircraft's engines or external tow vehicles, including an onboard wireless communications link installed to remain permanently with the aircraft designed to interface wirelessly with ground personnel at any airport, aerodrome, or airfield where the aircraft lands immediately upon landing. The permanent wireless onboard to ground operations communications system provides a substantially instantaneous connection between a pilot and ground personnel to facilitate guidance of pilot-controlled autonomous ground movement during taxi, parking in nose-in and parallel orientations, and pushback without reliance on visual signals. The present communications system establishes and maintains cockpit to ground communications during pilot-controlled autonomous aircraft ground movement to enhance the safety of ramp operations and improve the speed at which ramp operations can be safely conducted.

公开(公告)号：US09340303B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-17

申请号：US14329498

申请日：2014-07-11

申请人： Joseph J. Cox ,  Jan Vana ,  Rodney T. Cox ,  Isaiah W. Cox

发明人： Joseph J. Cox ,  Jan Vana ,  Rodney T. Cox ,  Isaiah W. Cox

IPC分类号： E01D15/00 ,  B64F1/22 ,  B64F1/315 ,  B64C25/40 ,  B64F1/305 ,  B64F1/00

CPC分类号： B64F1/22 ,  B64C25/405 ,  B64F1/00 ,  B64F1/225 ,  B64F1/305 ,  B64F1/315

摘要： An improved aircraft gate parking and servicing method is provided, wherein an aircraft is maneuvered into an airport terminal gate and parked in an optimum orientation at an angle that facilitates maximum access to aircraft front and rear doors. Boarding bridges are designed to facilitate connection to doors located rear of an aircraft wing without extending over the aircraft wing to maximize efficiency of passenger transfer. Passenger transfer and servicing of the aircraft may occur concurrently before the aircraft is maneuvered out of its optimum orientation in the parking space and driven to a takeoff runway for departure. Required safety margins are maintained at all times during aircraft maneuvers into and out of the optimum parking orientation. Stairs may be provided to simultaneously access aircraft doors not connected to boarding bridges. In a preferred embodiment, aircraft are moved to an optimum parking location by engines-off electric taxi systems.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种改进的飞机门停车和维修方法，其中飞行器被操纵到机场终端门并且以有利于最大限度地进入飞机前门和后门的角度以最佳方向停放。 登机桥设计用于方便连接到位于飞机机翼后方的门，而不延伸到飞机机翼上，以最大限度地提高乘客转移效率。 飞机的乘客转机和维修可能会在飞机从停车位的最佳方向进行操纵之前同时出现，并被驱动到起飞跑道进行起飞。 在飞机机动进出最佳停车方向时，始终保持所需的安全余地。 可以提供楼梯以同时进入未连接到登机桥的飞机门。 在优选实施例中，飞机通过发动机关闭的电动出租车系统移动到最佳停车位置。

公开(公告)号：US20150266565A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-24

申请号：US14341765

申请日：2014-07-26

申请人： Joseph J. Cox ,  Isaiah W. Cox ,  Jan Vana ,  Rodney T. Cox

发明人： Joseph J. Cox ,  Isaiah W. Cox ,  Jan Vana ,  Rodney T. Cox

IPC分类号： B64C25/40 ,  B64D31/00

CPC分类号： B64C25/405 ,  Y02T50/823

摘要： A system is provided for maximizing efficient ground travel in wide-body and other aircraft equipped with onboard non-engine drive means for autonomous ground travel. Selective operation of the non-engine drive means and selective operation of the aircraft's engines are integrated to power aircraft movement when different ground travel speeds are required between landing and takeoff, optimizing savings and maximizing the cost/benefit ratio for equipping the aircraft with a non-engine drive means. The non-engine drive means may be designed to move a wide-body aircraft at low speeds required for ground maneuvers in a ramp area to move the aircraft at speeds typically used for pushback, initial forward roll, all start-stop situations, and other low speed ground travel. One or more of the aircraft's engines may be operated to move the aircraft at higher taxi speeds.

摘要翻译： 提供一种系统，用于最大限度地提高宽体和其他配备有用于自主地面行驶的非发动机驱动装置的飞机的有效地面行驶。 集成了非发动机驱动装置的选择性操作和飞机发动机的选择性操作，以在着陆和起飞之间需要不同的地面行驶速度时为飞机运动提供动力，优化节省并最大限度地提高飞机与非发动机装配的成本/效益比 发动机驱动装置。 非发动机驱动装置可以设计成在斜坡区域中以低速地移动宽体飞机以进行地面动作，以以通常用于推回，初始向前滚动，所有起停情况等的速度移动飞行器 低速地面行驶 飞机的一个或多个发动机可以被操作以以较高的出租车速度移动飞机。

公开(公告)号：US20150353207A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-10

申请号：US14329498

申请日：2014-07-11

申请人： Joseph J. Cox ,  Jan Vana ,  Rodney T. Cox ,  Isaiah W. Cox

发明人： Joseph J. Cox ,  Jan Vana ,  Rodney T. Cox ,  Isaiah W. Cox

IPC分类号： B64F1/22 ,  B64C25/40 ,  B64F1/305 ,  B64F1/315

CPC分类号： B64F1/22 ,  B64C25/405 ,  B64F1/00 ,  B64F1/225 ,  B64F1/305 ,  B64F1/315

摘要： An improved aircraft gate parking and servicing method is provided, wherein an aircraft is maneuvered into an airport terminal gate and parked in an optimum orientation at an angle that facilitates maximum access to aircraft front and rear doors. Boarding bridges are designed to facilitate connection to doors located rear of an aircraft wing without extending over the aircraft wing to maximize efficiency of passenger transfer. Passenger transfer and servicing of the aircraft may occur concurrently before the aircraft is maneuvered out of its optimum orientation in the parking space and driven to a takeoff runway for departure. Required safety margins are maintained at all times during aircraft maneuvers into and out of the optimum parking orientation. Stairs may be provided to simultaneously access aircraft doors not connected to boarding bridges. In a preferred embodiment, aircraft are moved to an optimum parking location by engines-off electric taxi systems.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种改进的飞机门停车和维修方法，其中飞行器被操纵到机场终端门并且以有利于最大限度地进入飞机前门和后门的角度以最佳方向停放。 登机桥设计用于方便连接到位于飞机机翼后方的门，而不延伸到飞机机翼上，以最大限度地提高乘客转移效率。 飞机的乘客转机和维修可能会在飞机从停车位的最佳方向进行操纵之前同时出现，并被驱动到起飞跑道进行起飞。 在飞机机动进出最佳停车方向时，始终保持所需的安全余地。 可以提供楼梯以同时进入未连接到登机桥的飞机门。 在优选实施例中，飞机通过发动机关闭的电动出租车系统移动到最佳停车位置。

公开(公告)号：US20160129997A9

公开(公告)日：2016-05-12

申请号：US13951404

申请日：2013-07-25

申请人： Isaiah W. Cox ,  Joseph J. Cox ,  Joseph Goldman ,  Rodney T. Cox

发明人： Isaiah W. Cox ,  Joseph J. Cox ,  Joseph Goldman ,  Rodney T. Cox

IPC分类号： B64C25/40 ,  B64C25/34 ,  B64F1/22 ,  B64F1/00 ,  B64F1/04

CPC分类号： B64C25/405 ,  Y02T50/823

摘要： A surface travel system for military aircraft is provided that enables efficient, quiet, and safe ground operations of one or more aircraft in a wide range of military missions and operations. The surface travel system includes controllable onboard drive means that effectively drives one or more of the aircraft's wheels to move the aircraft autonomously, efficiently, quietly, and safely on any travel surface required for a military mission. The present invention allows the rapid safe deployment of multiple aircraft from tight spaces and enhances the readiness and availability of aircraft for a wide range of military operations.

公开(公告)号：US20150251751A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-10

申请号：US13951404

申请日：2013-07-25

申请人： Isaiah W. Cox ,  Joseph J. Cox ,  Joseph Goldman ,  Rodney T. Cox

发明人： Isaiah W. Cox ,  Joseph J. Cox ,  Joseph Goldman ,  Rodney T. Cox

IPC分类号： B64C25/40 ,  B64C25/34 ,  B64F1/22 ,  B64F1/00 ,  B64F1/04

CPC分类号： B64C25/405 ,  Y02T50/823

摘要： A surface travel system for military aircraft is provided that enables efficient, quiet, and safe ground operations of one or more aircraft in a wide range of military missions and operations. The surface travel system includes controllable onboard drive means that effectively drives one or more of the aircraft's wheels to move the aircraft autonomously, efficiently, quietly, and safely on any travel surface required for a military mission. The present invention allows the rapid safe deployment of multiple aircraft from tight spaces and enhances the readiness and availability of aircraft for a wide range of military operations.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于军用飞机的地面旅行系统，可在一系列军事任务和行动中对一架或多架飞机进行高效，安静和安全的地面作战。 表面行驶系统包括可控的车载驱动装置，其有效地驱动飞行器的一个或多个轮子，以便使飞机在军事任务所需的任何旅行表面上自主地，有效地，安静地和安全地移动。 本发明允许从狭窄的空间快速安全地部署多架飞机，并且可以提高飞机在各种军事行动中的准备和可用性。

公开(公告)号：US09120565B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-01

申请号：US13550576

申请日：2012-07-16

申请人： Isaiah W. Cox ,  Rodney T. Cox ,  Joseph J. Cox ,  Joseph Goldman

发明人： Isaiah W. Cox ,  Rodney T. Cox ,  Joseph J. Cox ,  Joseph Goldman

IPC分类号： B64C25/32 ,  B64C25/40

CPC分类号： B64C25/405 ,  Y02T50/823

摘要： A method for enhancing pilot and cockpit crew efficiency and increasing aircraft safety during aircraft ground travel between landing and takeoff is provided. The present method is most effective in enhancing pilot efficiency and aircraft safety in an aircraft equipped with at least one powered, self-propelled drive wheel that drives the aircraft on the ground independently of the aircraft main engines or external tow vehicles that is controlled by the pilot and cockpit crew to maneuver the aircraft during ground travel.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种在着陆和起飞之间的飞机地面行驶中增强驾驶员和驾驶舱机组效率并提高飞机安全性的方法。 本方法在提高飞行员效率和飞机安全性方面最有效，飞机配备有至少一个动力式自推进驱动轮，其驱动飞机在地面上独立于飞机主发动机或由 驾驶员和驾驶舱人员在地面行驶期间操纵飞机。

公开(公告)号：US20130062459A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-14

申请号：US13550576

申请日：2012-07-16

申请人： Isaiah W. Cox ,  Rodney T. Cox ,  Joseph J. Cox ,  Joseph Goldman

发明人： Isaiah W. Cox ,  Rodney T. Cox ,  Joseph J. Cox ,  Joseph Goldman

IPC分类号： B64C25/50

CPC分类号： B64C25/405 ,  Y02T50/823

摘要： A method for enhancing pilot and cockpit crew efficiency and increasing aircraft safety during aircraft ground travel between landing and takeoff is provided. The present method is most effective in enhancing pilot efficiency and aircraft safety in an aircraft equipped with at least one powered, self-propelled drive wheel that drives the aircraft on the ground independently of the aircraft main engines or external tow vehicles that is controlled by the pilot and cockpit crew to maneuver the aircraft during ground travel.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种在着陆和起飞之间的飞机地面行驶中增强驾驶员和驾驶舱机组效率并提高飞机安全性的方法。 本方法在提高飞行员效率和飞机安全性方面最有效，飞机配备有至少一个动力式自推进驱动轮，其驱动飞机在地面上独立于飞机主发动机或由 驾驶员和驾驶舱人员在地面行驶期间操纵飞机。