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Safran Landing Systems

Mathieu Daffos

Yves Courtois De Lourmel

Frederic Martin

Frédérik Giraud

Laurent Mallet

Frédéric Ivaldi

Pierre-Guillaume Phelut

Frédéric Martin

Jean-Philippe Vaslin

Maxence Wangermez

Nicolas Darraillans

An aircraft landing gear comprising at least an axle carried in the bottom portion of the landing gear, a wheel provided with a rim mounted on the axle of the landing gear via bearings in order to rotate about an axis of rotation, a brake threaded on the axle and including a torque tube extending around the axle, friction members mounted around the torque tube and extending between the torque tube and the rim of the wheel, and at least one brake actuator designed for selectively exerting a braking force on the friction members, the brake actuator being carried by an actuator carrier to which the torque tube is secured, and a rotary drive for driving the wheel in rotation comprising firstly an actuator for driving the wheel in rotation and secondly a transmission member for selectively transmitting movement in rotation from the rotation actuator to the rim of the wheel and extending between the axle and the torque tube. The actuator carrier is centered directly by the axle and the transmission member is carried by the brake and guided in rotation thereon by bearings.

Aircraft landing gear fitted with a braked wheel

A roller pinion for rotating about a central axis generally includes a core having an axial bore at its center for mounting on a drive shaft and recesses extending the length of the core. The recesses define faces with a plurality of regularly distributed sectors extending between them. The roller pinion also includes a cage associated with a plurality of rollers. The cage extends around the outer peripheral surface of the core, and presents, facing the outer peripheral surface of the core, a concentric spherical inner surface that faces the recesses of the core. Protuberances are provided that extend into the recesses. The protuberances have faces positioned parallel to and facing the faces of the recesses. Metal strips arranged in bundles with elastomer material interposed between the strips are inserted in a space between the respective faces of one recess in the core and one protuberance of the cage.

Roller pinions for driving an aircraft wheel in rotation

Drive equipment for rotating by friction an aircraft wheel equipped with a drive track and mounted to turn about an axis (X) on an axle of an aircraft undercarriage. The equipment comprise a base (), a slide () mounted on the base on a sliding axis extending in a radial direction (R, R), a support () pivotable on the slide on an axis parallel to the rotation axis of the wheel; two rollers () rotatable on rotation axes parallel to the pivot axis; a central shaft () mounted for rotation on the support and being in engagement with the two rollers to provide their rotation; and an actuator (A,B,) for moving the slide and the support between a disengagement position with the rollers distant from the wheel drive track and an engagement position with the rollers are held in contact with the drive track of the wheel.

Method for rotating an aircraft wheel

An undercarriage having a wheel mounted on an axle (), a brake and a drive assembly. The brake comprises a torsion tube (), friction members () mounted around the torsion tube, and at least one brake actuator () for selectively exerting a braking force on the friction members. The drive assembly is operative to drive rotation of the wheel and comprises an electric motor () that is connected to a rim () of the wheel () by a coupler member (). The coupler member extends at least in part around the axle () between the axle and the torsion tube () of the brake.

Aircraft undercarriage with wheel brake and drive assembly having a coupler member

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Velizy-Villacoublay, France

Mathieu Daffos