Aircraft landing gear with pivoting drive transmission

    公开(公告)号:US12084170B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US18179115

    申请日:2023-03-06

    CPC classification number: B64C25/405 B64C25/58

    Abstract: An aircraft landing gear is disclosed including a shock-absorbing main leg having a sprung part for attachment to an aircraft and an un-sprung part including a slider and an axle carrying at least one wheel, the wheel having a toothed ring gear; a drive transmission mounted externally on the sprung part, or on the un-sprung part, of the main leg, the drive transmission having at least one motor and a drive pinion for meshing with the toothed ring of the wheel; and an actuator for lifting the drive transmission into and out of driving engagement with the toothed ring and for maintaining the driving engagement as the landing gear deflects during a ground taxiing operation. Also, a method of operating the aircraft landing gear.

    AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WITH PIVOTING DRIVE TRANSMISSION

    公开(公告)号:US20230202647A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US18179115

    申请日:2023-03-06

    CPC classification number: B64C25/405 B64C25/58

    Abstract: An aircraft landing gear is disclosed including a shock-absorbing main leg having a sprung part for attachment to an aircraft and an un-sprung part including a slider and an axle carrying at least one wheel, the wheel having a toothed ring gear; a drive transmission mounted externally on the sprung part, or on the un-sprung part, of the main leg, the drive transmission having at least one motor and a drive pinion for meshing with the toothed ring of the wheel; and an actuator for lifting the drive transmission into and out of driving engagement with the toothed ring and for maintaining the driving engagement as the landing gear deflects during a ground taxiing operation. Also, a method of operating the aircraft landing gear.

    AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180265184A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-20

    申请号:US15917148

    申请日:2018-03-09

    CPC classification number: B64C25/58 B64C25/34

    Abstract: An aircraft landing gear assembly including a structural load bearing beam arranged, in use, to react torsional loads applied to it. The beam has a tubular box section main body having four straight sidewall portions, adjacent sidewall portions being orthogonal to one another and connected by rounded corner portions. Each corner portion has a radius of between 10% and 40% of the width and/or height of the tubular box section main body.

    Aircraft undercarriage including a telescopic linear rod

    公开(公告)号:US10053210B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-21

    申请号:US15045328

    申请日:2016-02-17

    Inventor: Carlo Necci

    CPC classification number: B64C25/34 B64C25/50 B64C25/58 B64C25/62 F16F6/00

    Abstract: An aircraft undercarriage comprising a telescopic linear rod (0, 0′, 0″) comprising first and second sliding rod portions. The undercarriage further comprises: a first permanent magnet set (1a, 1a′, 1a″) fastened to the first rod portion (1, 1′, 1″); and a second permanent magnet set (2a, 2a′, 2a″) fastened to the second rod portion (2, 2′, 2″); the first and second permanent magnet sets (1a, 1a′, 1a″, 2a, 2a′, 2a″) generating a magnetic repulsion force between the first rod portion (1, 1′, 1″) and the second rod portion (2, 2′, 2″) and maintaining a first annular space (E1) between the first rod portion and the second rod portion.

    AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING DEFLECTION SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20180170531A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-21

    申请号:US15833549

    申请日:2017-12-06

    Abstract: An aircraft assembly having a first region, a second region spaced from the first region by a flexible region, and a deflection sensor. The first region has greater positional stability than the second region such that the second region deflects further from its default position than the first region during in-use loads. The deflection sensor includes a first gyroscope at the first region to generate a first signal representing rotation of the first region about one or more orthogonal axes, and a second gyroscope at the second region to generate a second signal representing rotation of the second region about the one or more axes. The second gyroscope is synchronised in time with the first. A controller subtracts one of the first and second signals from the other to obtain a differential signal representing deflection of the second region relative to the first due to flexing of the flexible region.

    ACTIVE LANDING GEAR DAMPER
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170297684A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-19

    申请号:US15637645

    申请日:2017-06-29

    CPC classification number: B64C25/60 B64C25/58 B64D45/00

    Abstract: An active landing gear damping system and method for decelerating a vehicle during a terrain impact event, such as an aircraft landing or crash. The system monitors aircraft state data and terrain information to predict an impact of the vehicle with the terrain. The system can then determine a target damper force for each landing gear of the vehicle and a predicted damper velocity at the time of impact. Each landing gear can include an adjustable damper valve, wherein adjustment of the damper valves varies the damping coefficient of the respective dampers. The system can adjust valves of the respective dampers to provide the target force based on the predicted damper velocity. After an impact begins, the system can continuously monitor and adjust the valve to maintain the target force.

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