NON-COUPLED LANDING GEAR APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE

    公开(公告)号:US20240025536A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US17870365

    申请日:2022-07-21

    发明人: Mark Allan Page

    IPC分类号: B64C25/50 B64C25/06

    CPC分类号: B64C25/50 B64C25/06

    摘要: A non-coupled landing gear for an aircraft includes at least a nose gear and at least a main gear. The at least a nose gear disposed forward of a neutral point of an aircraft by a first distance and the at least a main gear disposed aft of the neutral point of the aircraft by a second distance. The at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear are uncoupled from each other.

    Landing gear motorizing control device

    公开(公告)号:US11834157B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-05

    申请号:US16720870

    申请日:2019-12-19

    摘要: The invention relates to a motorizing device (1) for moving an aircraft (A) provided with a landing device (L) having wheels (W) on the ground, the motorizing device comprising at least one electric motor (2) having an output shaft provided with means for its rotational connection to at least one of the wheels (W) of the landing device for driving said wheel in rotation, and an electronic control unit (3) connected on the one hand to the motor to control it and on the other hand to a control interface (4) from which the aircraft pilot can transmit control signals which the electronic control unit (3) is arranged to transform into motor control signals, characterized in that the control unit is arranged to implement a first control law having determined dynamics to promote an aircraft movement speed and a second control law having dynamics to promote aircraft manoeuvrability.

    INTEGRAL STEERING MOTOR AND COLLAR FOR LANDING GEAR

    公开(公告)号:US20230264810A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-24

    申请号:US17679598

    申请日:2022-02-24

    IPC分类号: B64C25/50

    CPC分类号: B64C25/50

    摘要: A steering apparatus may comprise a steering collar, a first linear actuator, a first drive gear, a crankshaft, and a sun gear, wherein the sun gear is disposed within the collar, wherein the first drive gear is fixed to the crankshaft and coupled to the sun gear such that the collar rotates about the sun gear in response to rotation of the crankshaft, wherein the first linear actuator is coupled between the crankshaft and the collar.

    Magnetic self-centering shimmy damper

    公开(公告)号:US11492104B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US16823817

    申请日:2020-03-19

    IPC分类号: B64C25/50 F16F6/00 F16F15/03

    摘要: A shimmy damper for centering a landing gear includes a cap and a housing. The shimmy damper further includes a damper shaft extending from the cap to the housing. The shimmy damper further includes a plurality of magnets configured to exert an opposing force on the cap and the housing via the damper shaft, providing a centering mechanism of the damper shaft within the housing. This centering action in turn provides for the centering of the landing gear during flight.

    AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220185461A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17177950

    申请日:2021-02-17

    IPC分类号: B64C25/50 B64C25/36

    摘要: An aircraft landing gear assembly is disclosed including a landing gear bracket, a fore lever receiving a fore aircraft wheel, an aft lever receiving a rear aircraft wheel, the fore and aft levers being independently moveable, wherein the bracket further comprises a fore lever stop to prevent downwards movement of the fore lever past a lowest rotational position with respect to the bracket at a first angle α1 forward from the notional bracket axis, and a rear lever stop to prevent downwards movement of the rear lever past a lowest rotational position at a second angle α2 behind from the notional bracket axis, wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle. An aircraft and a method of landing an aircraft are also disclosed.

    LANDING GEAR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AIR MOBILITY VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220185458A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17406905

    申请日:2021-08-19

    发明人: Choung Hyoung KIM

    IPC分类号: B64C25/26 B64C25/50

    摘要: A landing gear control apparatus for an air mobility vehicle may include a shaft of the landing gear control apparatus, the shaft deployed when the air mobility vehicle is landing or driving; a tire provided at one end portion of the shaft; a steering rod coupled to the shaft in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the shaft to steer the tire by rotating the shaft; a rotation load sensor mounted on the steering rod and sensing a rotation load applied to the steering rod; a MR damper coupled to the shaft to surround thereof, having a MR fluid filled in the damper, and configured for changing, by the controller, a damping force of the MR damper for rotation of the shaft according to a current applied to the MR damper; and a controller for controlling a current applied to the MR damper on the basis of the rotation load detected by the rotation load sensor.

    Judgmental oversteering taxi aid system and method

    公开(公告)号:US11094211B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-17

    申请号:US16437339

    申请日:2019-06-11

    IPC分类号: G08G5/06 B64C25/50

    摘要: A system and method for display of judgmental oversteering taxi data receives a plurality of parameters from aircraft, environmental, position and path sources and determines and displays accurate oversteering data to a pilot. The system enables the pilot to make a variety of taxi turns confident that all aircraft wheels remain on a prepared surface. Aircraft sources include data associated with the aircraft including whether the aircraft has steerable body gear. The environmental parameters include weather, surface friction, and additional data applicable to a turning radius of an aircraft. Position data includes GNSS data to accurately position the aircraft aligned with the taxiways. Path data includes an assigned ATC clearance as well as taxiway data associated with the assigned taxi route. The method compares each of these received variables with stored database information to ensure the aircraft maintains a safe position on the prepared surface during a turn.