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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2012
Jonathan S. Edelson, Portland, OR (US);
Isaiah W. Cox, Baltimore, MD (US);
Neal Gilleran, Long Beach, CA (US);
Scott Perkins, Kent, WA (US);
Jonathan S. Edelson, Portland, OR (US);
Isaiah W. Cox, Baltimore, MD (US);
Neal Gilleran, Long Beach, CA (US);
Scott Perkins, Kent, WA (US);
Borealis Technical Limited, Gibraltar, GI;
Abstract
A method is provided for restoring mobility to an aircraft equipped with at least one self-propelled drive wheel powered by a driver when the aircraft has been rendered immobile as a result of one or more wheel tires adhering to and becoming stuck to tarmac or another ground surface. The method uses forces generated by the cooperative action of the wheel driver, the aircraft steering, and the aircraft braking system to release adherent tires of each set of main wheels and/or nose gear wheels by applying differential force to one set of wheels at a time to release any adherent tires so that the aircraft is able to move on the ground surface and travel in a desired direction at a desired speed.