The Boeing Company

Peter J Knudsen

Steve G Mackin

A ground service vehicle system employs autonomous vehicles that can be reconfigured with interchangeable service modules to provide different services. The autonomous service vehicles can be remotely controlled and dispatched in swarms to provide different services at a location.

Reconfigurable autonomous ground service vehicles and control system

A taxiing system for an aircraft is presented. The taxiing system comprises a hydraulic accumulator configured to receive an increase in hydraulic pressure from a hydraulic motor; a system inlet valve configured to provide hydraulic flow from a hydraulic system of the aircraft to the hydraulic motor; a flow control valve system comprising a plurality of valves configured to direct hydraulic flow between the hydraulic accumulator and the hydraulic motor; and the hydraulic motor connected to wheels of the aircraft and configured to drive or stop the wheels using movement of hydraulic flow in the taxiing system.

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Peter J Knudsen