| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 244111000 | Wheel brake arrangement | 10 |
| 20080272235 | Load-distributing rotor insert for aircraft brakes - An aircraft brake rotor includes a circular rotor disk ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090065640 | BRAKING-ENERGY EQUALIZATION SYSTEM - A braking-energy equalization system applied to an aircraft undercarriage, which undercarriage includes at least two sets of landing gear, with each set of landing gear including at least two wheels and with each of wheels being equipped with a brake, wherein the system includes means intended to introduce a delay time to delay the braking of the brakes having a higher braking torque in comparison with the other brakes having a lower braking torque, so as to equalize the braking energies absorbed by the brakes of the landing gear during the landing or during an interrupted takeoff of the aircraft. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20100006699 | LANDING GEAR METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BRAKING AND MANEUVERING - Aircraft landing gear comprised of a wheel hub motor/generator includes alternating rotors and stators mounted with respect to the wheel support and wheel. The invention in certain embodiments can provide motive force to the wheel when electrical power is applied, e.g. prior to touch-down, thus decreasing the difference in relative velocities of the tire radial velocity with that of the relative velocity of the runway and reducing the sliding friction wear of the tire. After touchdown the wheel hub motor/generator may be used as a generator thus applying a regenerative braking force and/or a motorized braking action to the wheel. The energy generated upon landing may be dissipated through a resistor and/or stored for later use in providing a source for motive power to the aircraft wheels for taxiing and ground maneuvers of the aircraft. Methods and apparatuses for nose gear steering and ABS braking using the disclosed invention are described. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100078519 | METHOD TO DEGRADE BRAKING MODES - A system, apparatus and method of controlling a braking system of a vehicle having a plurality of rotating wheels and a plurality of brakes, each brake corresponding to one of the plurality of wheels, is provided. In controlling the brakes, an operational status of the braking system is determined. Based on the determined operational status, different feedback regulation schemes are selectively implemented to control the brake force applied by the brakes. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100090058 | BRAKE SHUTOFF VALVE TEST - A system, apparatus and method of verifying operation of a vehicle fluid brake system shutoff valve is provided, wherein the shutoff valve is adapted to enable or inhibit the transmission of fluid pressure to at least one brake solenoid valve that controls operation of at least one brake actuator so as to effect wheel braking. In verifying operation of the system, the shutoff valve is commanded to inhibit the transmission of fluid pressure to the at least one brake solenoid valve, and the at least one brake solenoid valve is commanded to apply fluid pressure to the at least one brake actuator. An operational status of the shutoff valve is determined based on the absence or presence of wheel braking. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090059 | BRAKING - A brake apparatus ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110220763 | TAPERED BRAKE DISK - A brake stack comprises a stator having an annular, inner periphery section disposed substantially along a first radial plane extending normal to an axis of a wheel, and a stator side wall having a first stator contact surface, the first stator contact surface including a sloped portion which deviates away from the radial plane defined by the annular, inner periphery section. The brake stack further comprises a rotor having an annular, outer periphery section disposed substantially along a second radial plane extending normal to the axis of the wheel, and a rotor side wall having a first rotor contact surface shaped complementary to the first stator contact surface, wherein the stator and the rotor are interleaved. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110253833 | BRAKE SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT UNDERCARRIAGE - A braking system for an aircraft provided with undercarriage, wherein an axial-flux reversible electrical machine is associated to at least one wheel of the undercarriage and is set in rotation by the rotation of the wheel. Current-dissipator means are provided, which can be connected to the windings of the axial-flux reversible electrical machine during rotation of the wheel in the landing phase for dissipating in the current-dissipator means the induced currents generated by the machine, which behaves as current generator, and producing a braking effect that slows down the movement of the wheel. An epicyclic reducer is provided set between the wheel of the undercarriage and the rotor of the reversible electrical machine; the epicyclic reducer provides a transmission ratio T in such a way that the rotor will turn at a velocity Tω with respect to the velocity of rotation ω of the wheel. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20140209739 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LATERAL CONTROL OF A TAXIING AIRCRAFT - The device includes, but is not limited to a calculating unite for automatically applying, if conditions for turning of the aircraft are met, a symmetrical braking value at a brake assembly, then in the course of the turn automatically distributing this symmetrical braking value in differential braking between braking device of the left main landing gear and braking device of the right main landing gear of the aircraft, as a function of current directional command orders, in such a way as to maintain a constant overall braking level, at least for directional command orders below a predetermined threshold. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20150291280 | AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC BRAKING SYSTEM - An electrically actuated braking system for an aircraft, comprising: an electro-mechanical brake actuator (EMAbrake) proximate a wheel of the aircraft, the EMAbrake including a motor; an electro-mechanical actuator controller (EMAC) including a motor controller for generating a drive signal for the EMAbrake; and a braking control unit for generating a braking force command signal for the EMAC; wherein the braking control unit and the EMAC are disposed together with the EMAbrake in a common line replaceable unit (LRU). | 10-15-2015 |
