Meggitt Aerospace Limited

Jonathan Deric Lumb

David Alexander Bailey

Andrew Whittingham

An electrically actuated aircraft brake with a carbon-carbon composite heat pack and an electrical actuator for engaging the heat pack and operating the brake. When the brake is not being applied, the brake actuator is adjusted in dependence upon temperature, for example, by controlling the actuator to maintain a temperature regulated position.

Electrically actuated aircraft brakes

Method and apparatus for monitoring electrically-actuated aircraft brakes includes measuring the break heat pack thickness to determine wear of the brake discs and adjusting the measurement so as to give ongoing compensation for temperature variations and hence expansion of the heat pack.

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Coventry, United Kingdom

Jonathan Deric Lumb