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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc., Ajax, CA;
Inventor:
Robert Kyle Schmidt, Brooklin, CA;
Assignee:
Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc., Ajax, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/22 (2006.01); B64F 1/223 (2024.01); B64F 1/228 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/228 (2013.01); B64F 1/224 (2013.01);
Abstract
A remote towing interface is used to couple a towbar to an aircraft having a fuselage and a steerable landing gear. The remote towing interface includes a towbar coupler mounted to the aircraft and configured to releasably couple a towbar to the aircraft. The remote towing interface further includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to sense a position of the towbar relative to the aircraft when the towbar is coupled to the towbar coupler, and the controller controls the steerable landing gear according to the sensed position of the towbar relative to the aircraft.