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Method of protecting an aircraft landing gear while the aircraft is being towed, and pin for coupling a towing bar to an orientable lower part of a landing gear

US9108746B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

4References

12Claims

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Assignee

MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY · FR

Inventors

Robert Kyle Schmidt · Liederbach am Taunus, DE
Jean-Luc Alleau · Vélizy-Villacoublay, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2011
Grant date	Aug 18, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C25/50
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of protecting an aircraft undercarriage (1) while it is being towed by means of a tow bar (13) hitched to a steerable bottom portion of the undercarriage, the method including the step of generating an alarm when a towing force imposed by the tow bar on the undercarriage reaches or exceeds a predetermined force threshold. The threshold is caused to vary as a function of an orientation of the steerable bottom portion of the undercarriage.

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