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7578466 Mechanism for reducing heat generation in a joint  
The invention relates to mechanisms for reducing heat generation in a pivot joint, and to methods for their use. The mechanism may be designed to average relative velocities of a pin with respect...
7480996 Truck pivot joint bearing and method of lubricating  
A bearing assembly is disclosed having a pair of bearing members movable relative to one another. A space is defined between the bearing members, and a relatively thin coating of a greaseless,...
7426983 Landing gear strut damper, and landing gear with independent struts comprising same  
A damper for an airplane landing gear leg comprises a main strut ( 11 ) and a rod piston ( 13 ) co-operating with the strut ( 11 ) to define a main chamber ( 15 ) and annular chamber ( 16 ) for...
7143975 Landing arrangement for an aircraft  
A landing arrangement for an aircraft comprises an aircraft support assembly ( 22 ) to support the aircraft ( 10 ) when the aircraft is on the ground. The aircraft support assembly ( 2 ) is movable...
7118067 Wheel mounted water spray deflector  
A water spray deflector to deflect water spray produced from aircraft landing gear from components of the aircraft. The water spray deflector has an inner diameter and an outer diameter. Coupled to...
7108225 More aerodynamic wheel fairings for small airplanes  
The invention described here provides better aerodynamics in airplane wheel fairings. A great improvement is achieved by putting doors on the fairing that completely enclose the wheel. This...
7051977 Aircraft wheel support mechanism  
An aircraft wheel support mechanism capable of reducing the impact to the tire at the time of landing and capable of reducing the impact to the tire at the time of the wheel colliding with an...
6845943 Apparatuses and methods for preventing foreign object damage to aircraft engines  
Apparatuses and methods for preventing foreign object damage (FOD) to aircraft engines are disclosed. In one embodiment, a deployable blocker is coupled to a wing portion and/or a fuselage portion...
6786451 Aircraft landing gear having an independent low-noise fairing system  
The invention relates to an aircraft landing gear having a retractable leg, in which the leg comprises a strut with a telescopic rod, the strut being hinged to a structure of the aircraft in order...
6698689 Auxiliary nose landing gear for aircraft  
The nose gear of an aircraft comprises a main group of at least one wheel ( 10 ) in permanent contact with the ground and a secondary group of at least one wheel ( 12 ), which is normally spaced...
6666407 Helicopter undercarriage  
An undercarriage for a helicopter, having a supporting structure connectable to the fuselage of the helicopter, a wheel suspended from the supporting structure, and a shock absorbing member which...
6641085 Self-centering steering module  
An apparatus for steering a nosewheel on an aircraft, or the like, while the aircraft is on the ground. The apparatus includes a steering shaft that engages a cluster of gears and transfers torque...
6499691 Method of rotating aircraft wheels  
Aircrafts typically touch down with their wheels not rotating. Their tires skid for a few hundred feet before they turn the ground speed of the aircraft. Tire failure, and pollution can be largely...
6450448 Airplane wheel unit  
A drive unit for a wheel of an airplane landing gear includes a pneumatic motor having a first impeller which is driven by pneumatic energy of compressed air and a second impeller which is turned...
6202960 Aircraft landing gear absorber  
A method and apparatus for eliminating aircraft landing gear fore-and-aft vibration is provided. The method includes using a tuned mass absorber attached to the landing gear. The gear walk motion...
6173920 Very large aircraft landing gear having eight wheel truck  
Very large aircraft landing gear using single mounted eight wheel bogie on dual shock struts. A primary or main two-stage shock absorber and a semi-articulating secondary or auxiliary single-stage...
6149100 Aircraft landing gear having axle to brake plate integration  
An aircraft landing gear brake arrangement wherein a landing gear stub axle and brake pressure plate are integrated. Each of the integrated assemblies is attached to a support fitting which pivots...
6129310 Aircraft nose landing gear  
An aircraft nose landing gear installation that utilizes a single piece pin inserted through the gear fittings and into the two piece, fail safe support structure without requiring mechanical...
6123292 Main landing gear having independent steering of each axle on multiple axle trucks  
A main landing gear system which employs Ackermann type steering utilizing kingpins and tierods wherein a plurality of paired wheels are employed and wherein each truck axle is adapted for...
6065719 Main landing gear having tilting of main gear pivot pins  
A main landing gear system which employs Ackermann type steering utilizing kingpins and tierods wherein a plurality of paired wheels are employed and wherein each truck axle is adapted for...
5897077 Quick-change skid landing gear  
A low-profile transportation and storage assembly is readily substitutable with a conventional pair of skid landing gear. The low-profile transportation and storage assembly includes a front...
5791593 Easy-attachable wheel apparatus for helicopters  
An easily-attachable supplemental wheel apparatus that allows one person to perform the ground-handling functions necessary to maneuver an aircraft or helicopter having a skid configured landing...
5746394 Method and apparatus for damping high frequency vibrations generated by landing gear brake applications  
Adjacent wheel brake assemblies on aircraft multi-wheel landing gear are interconnected by a ring spring damped brake rod for torque compensation and to provide the added function of vibration...
5692703 Multiple application wheel well design  
An aircraft landing gear wheel stowage structure including a wing rear spar extending laterally across the aircraft; a mid bulkhead extending laterally across the aircraft and displaced rearwardly...
5649679 Airplane nose-wheel fairing cover  
The present invention relates to a protective cover for an airplane nose-wheel fairing. The protective cover prevents a nose-wheel fairing from becoming cracked or scratched as an airplane tow bar...
5595359 Landing gear axle steering  
A steerable landing gear for an aircraft having a six wheel, three axle truck has a steerable axle on either the rear or both forward and rear axles of the truck. A set of wheels driven about a...
5257756 Arrangement of sensors on the landing gear of an aircraft for measuring the weight and position of center of gravity of the aircraft  
An arrangement of sensors on the landing gear of an aircraft measure the weight and position of center of gravity of the aircraft. In order to compensate for errors caused by moment of torsion, one...
5255874 Wheel protector  
A wheel protector for protecting a demounted aircraft wheel 54 and its bearing sets 56.1, 56.2 comprises an inboard cover disc 10, and an outboard cover disc 12. An axially outwardly extending part...
5251848 Space shuttle wheel acceleration system  
A space shuttle wheel acceleration system includes a plurality of attachm bands located in the grooves of a tire and extending around the circumference of the tire with collapsible cups attached to...
5207398 Device for locking a support for steerable wheels  
The locking device of the invention comprises a locking device mounted to pivot relative to a beam and having ends associated with an axle to lock the axle in a first position of the locking device...
5205514 Arrangement of at least one sensor on the landing gear of an aircraft for measuring its weight and position of center of gravity  
An arrangement in which at least one sensor is provided on the landing gear of an aircraft for measuring its weight and the position of its center of gravity, and in which a sensor for a...
5190247 Arrangement of a rotary apparatus for landing gears  
The arrangement of a rotary apparatus for aircraft landing gears comprises, disposed in an aircraft wheel axle a modular assembly in one unit comprising a stator and a rotor which is mounted in...
5145127 Wheels  
To monitor for the formation of a crack in a metal wheel such as that of an aircraft tire and wheel assembly the wheel is provided with an optical fiber arranged to extend no-rectilinearly in a...
5104063 Aircraft landing gear prerotation system  
A device to induce rotation of aircraft landing wheels is disclosed, using only the force of oncoming air to bring them up to synchronous ground (landing) speed during approach to landing. A...
5088662 Kinetic energy wheel brakes  
A braking device for a vehicle utilizing a plurality of wheels for motion relative to a surface. The present invention includes a bent axle for supporting at least one of the wheels. The bent axle...
5058827 Super debris deflector  
A vertically mounted deflector attached to a landing gear, that prevents debris from being thrown by the tires into the engine of an aircraft. The deflector has two vertically mounted plates that...
5016838 Aircraft tire having asymmetric tread  
A tire (10) suitable for use on an aircraft equippped with cambered landing gear has a symmetrical carcass structure (11) and belt structure (12) but has an asymmetrical tread portion (16). On one...
5000400 Four-post wing-stowed main landing gear for high speed aircraft  
The disclosed invention provides a main landing gear (12, 14, 16, 18) for a high speed (supersonic) aircraft (10) which may be wing-stowed and -mounted in a relatively thin wing (22, 24). The main...
4892270 Rocking beam landing gear  
Landing gear comprising a pivoting strut (1) receiving the rod of a shock absorber (2) which projects downwardly from the strut and is movable in an axial direction (3) relative thereto, a rocking...
4856619 Aircraft wheel drive key and heatshield assembly  
An assembly comprises drive key wearplates mounted in pairs to longitudinal side surfaces of each of a plurality of wheel key bosses and retaining members are fastened transversely across the top...
4852829 Undercarriage apparatus for vertical-lift aircraft  
Axial motion of the wheel assembly of a flat-spring undercarriage for vertical-lift aircraft is provided to permit proper deflection of the flat spring so as to effectively cushion the touchdown of...
4834320 Method and system for reducing aircraft stopping distance  
A method and system for reducing stopping distance for an aircraft on a wet runway, which includes blowing away water on a wet landing surface in front of the aircraft tires so that the tires...
4700763 Remotely controlled aircraft tire inflation/deflation valve  
A novel inflation/deflation system for the pneumatic tires of a vehicle, and particularly of an aircraft, is described, which comprises a housing on the vehicle, such as in the form of a fixed axle...
4681285 Nose wheel water spray deflector enabling wheel and tire changes without deflector removal  
A nose landing gear supported deflector for preventing ingestion of nose wheel side spray into wing-mounted engines. The deflector extends horizontally with respect to the runway surface and in...
4610411 Steerable aircraft landing gear having automatic safety declutching and enclutching  
On a shaft (2) which carries a wheel there are mounted: firstly a toothed sector (3) which meshes with a rack (4) on a piston rod (5) which is a part of a double-acting hydraulic actuator (8); and...
4535957 Safety device for venting aircraft tires  
A device (10) for venting aircraft tires comprises a fusible plug (42) and a spring-biased piston (30), both plug (42) and piston (30) being positioned within a single bore (B) of the device. The...
4418735 Tire, particularly for airplanes, having a crown reinforcement with extensible edges and method of manufacturing same  
The tripartite crown reinforcement of this tire is subdivided into a median portion composed of two plies of cables whose extensibility is practically zero, flanked by two lateral portions each...
4402356 Tire for heavy transport vehicles, the crown reinforcement of which has thermocontractable circumferential cables and process for manufacturing same  
A tire, particularly for aircraft, has a crown reinforcement formed of plies of circumferential cables having a relative extensibility upon rupture of at least 8%, preferably between 10% and 26%,...
4389029 Nose wheel water spray deflector  
A nose landing gear supported deflector for preventing ingestion of nose wheel side spray into wing mounted engines. The deflector extends horizontally with respect to the runway surface and in...
4365643 Fuse device for a wheel equipped with a pneumatic tire  
The present invention relates to a fuse for a wheel equipped with a pneumatic tire. The fuse is constituted in the form of a screw (1) whereof the head (7) is traversed by an evacuation duct (3)...
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