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8152099 Method of landing an aircraft and apparatus therefor  
A method of landing an aircraft having wheels includes causing the aircraft to land in a manner that causes the wheels to have a spin-up phase on contact with the landing surface during landing. A...
7703717 Transport vehicle magnetically induced wheel rotation  
A transport vehicle wheel assembly comprising a set of rotating components and a set of static components wherein an applied electrical current applied to conductive material incorporated into at...
7594626 Magnetically induced aircraft landing wheel rotation  
An aircraft landing wheel assembly comprising a set of rotating components and a set of static components wherein an applied electrical current applied to conductive elements associated with one...
7469858 Geared wheel motor design  
The present invention is a compound planetary gear system which has a moveable sun gear and a lockable sun gear to change the gear ratio between a high gear ratio and a pseudo 1:1 slipping ratio....
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...
6983911 Aviation tire  
An aviation tire including, a pair of side walls, the side walls having an outer surface, a tread portion spanning a radial outer extremity of the side walls, and a rotating assembly formed on the...
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...
6390415 Wheel rotation device  
This invention relates to a system for reducing tire wear of an airborne vehicle that requires a runway upon which to land. A stream of air is naturally directed against a mechanical housing...
6086017 Apparatus for causing an aircraft wheel to rotate  
6032900 Aircraft wheel rotating device  
A device for rotating a wheel of an aircraft prior to landing. The inventive device includes an annular plate having a plurality of engaging brackets extending therefrom for coupling to an aircraft...
5746393 Aircraft wheel rotating apparatus  
An aircraft wheel rotating apparatus comprised of an inner circular portion dimensioned for coupling with a wheel of an aircraft. An outer circular portion is integral with an outer end of the...
5417387 Aircraft landing wheel rotator  
A rotator assembly for rotating an aircraft landing wheel by the action of the airstream flowing thereby has a circular plate mounted on the wheel and a plurality of independently movable scoops...
5320417 Roller skating wheel  
A wheel of a roller skate includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart generally axially extending curvilinear paths. A speed skater, traveling a predominately circular course with such...
5259431 Aircraft tire with sidewall vanes  
This invention introduces a tire for aircraft. The tire of the invention is provided with drive means to revolve the wheel of the aircraft at landing procedure before the aircraft actually touches...
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...
5213285 Rotating aircraft tire/landing gear apparatus  
An aircraft tire and an associated landing gear apparatus which rotate a wheel of a landing aircraft prior to contact between the wheel and a runway. The tire possesses an array of projections...
5165624 Apparatus for prerotating aircraft wheels employing forced air and a vacuum  
An apparatus and control system for prerotating the landing gear wheels of an airplane is disclosed. The apparatus includes an impeller disc attached to the rim of the wheel. The disc includes 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...
4732350 Aircraft wheel rotation apparatus  
An aircraft wheel rotation assembly is mountable on the rim of an aircraft wheel and includes a plurality of vanes which are equally spaced around the rim. Each vane has a generally radially...
4659040 Aircraft undercarriage assemblies  
An aircraft undercarriage assembly (10) has an undercarriage truck (15) where the pair of rear wheels (25) are mounted on a rear support member (20) pivotally movable relative to the front support...
4659039 Landing gear drive system  
A drive motor system is coupled to the landing gear wheels of an air craft via a free wheeling clutch assembly. The drive motor system is energized when the landing gear is extended preparatory for...
4615498 Wheel and tire for aircraft  
A wheel and tire for an aircraft includes a number of wind receiving ledges radially arranged on side surfaces of the tire for causing the tire to rotate by receiving wind pressure before...
4491288 Aircraft landing wheel rotating means  
An aircraft landing wheel rotating means has an airscoop (21) mounted on the undercarriage unit (10) between a pair of landing wheels (16) fitted with tires (14). A wheel outlet (25) in each side...
4385739 System for enhancing airborne safety of airborne vehicles as well as reducing tire wear thereof  
This invention relates to a system for reducing tire wear of airborne vehicles that require a runway upon which to land, wherein there is provided from an aircraft's engines, or other source, a...
4383665 Wind-driven rotating aircraft landing wheels  
An improved landing wheel for an airplane, which includes a plurality of freely pivoted fins from eccentrically located pivot pins around one side of the wheel, the fins being straight but...
4205812 Aircraft landing wheel rotating device  
An aircraft landing wheel rotating device including a body portion eccentrically secured to the outer face of the landing wheel hub. A series of like air-receiving portions extend outwardly from...
4061294 Aircraft wheel rotator  
An aircraft wheel rotator comprising plow like deflectors and fan like spokes on the wheels. The plow like deflectors have a bottom pan which causes air impinging thereon to be funneled downwardly...
4040582 Wind power accessory for a vehicle wheel  
A wind-utilization attachment for pneumatic-tired vehicle for automobiles, aircraft wheels, or the like. The attachment consists of an annular disc with spaced cups to catch head winds and convert...
3936016 Airplane's anti-wheel-lock and spin-up system  
A system for spinning up a nose wheel of an airplane equipped with a Fixed Slip Hydraulic Anti-Lock Braking System, incorporated in the airplane's anti-lock system. The system includes a main wheel...
3866860 AIRPLANE WHEEL ROTATOR  
A device for rotating the wheels of aircraft when they are moved to the aircraft landing position consisting of providing air stream deflecting fairing over the major portions of the wheels, and...
3850389 LANDING GEAR WHEEL DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT  
A landing gear device for an aircraft including a landing gear having a landing wheel rotatively mounted thereon and a variable speed motor for selectively engaging the wheel and rotating the same,...
3814354 LANDING WHEEL ROTATING DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT  
A power operated device associated with the conventional landing gear of an aircraft for causing rotation of the landing wheels of the aircraft by the air-stream moving past the aircraft prior to...
3797786 WIND-FORCED WHEEL TURNER  
An improvement in impeller type wheel turner for aircraft landing wheels utilizes an air stream deflector near the leading surface of the tire.
3773283 SELF ROTATING AIRPLANE TIRE  
An aircraft tire is provided with circumferential grooves in the tread face, which grooves include as the floor thereof a series of impeller vanes defined by asymmetrical wedges which present...
3568747 PNEUMATIC TIRES  
A pneumatic tire provided with a plurality of generally axially outwardly extending faces on at least one of its shoulder portions. The faces may engage with water standing on the surface over...
3542318 APPARATUS FOR ROTATING AIRCRAFT WHEELS PRIOR TO LANDING  
3532147 PNEUMATIC TIRES  
3529792 PRE-ROTATABLE TIRE  
D145348 Title is not available  
3233849 Aircraft wheel accelerating means  
3178135 Landing aircraft wheel rotator  
3096052 Pre-spinning of aircraft landing wheels  
3056567 Wheel braking and spinning apparatus  
3026069 Wheel rotating device for airplanes  
3004738 Aircraft landing wheel rotating means  
2941758 Device for rotating an aircraft wheel prior to landing  
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