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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventor:
Andrew Ramshaw, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 19/38 (2006.01); B64C 25/36 (2006.01); F16C 19/52 (2006.01); F16C 19/54 (2006.01); F16C 25/06 (2006.01); F16C 33/66 (2006.01); F16C 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 19/548 (2013.01); B64C 25/36 (2013.01); F16C 19/383 (2013.01); F16C 19/386 (2013.01); F16C 19/52 (2013.01); F16C 25/06 (2013.01); F16C 33/6607 (2013.01); F16C 37/007 (2013.01); F16C 2229/00 (2013.01); F16C 2326/02 (2013.01); F16C 2326/43 (2013.01);
Abstract
A packaged bearing unit is disclosed including an outer surface for receiving an aircraft landing gear wheel and an inner surface for receiving an axle. The unit may include first and second spaced-apart sets of tapered roller bearings, held between inner and outer raceways. There may be a bearing setting spacer which can be used when setting and pre-loading the bearings. The bearing unit may be a sealed unit which includes a pre-set amount of lubricant (grease) for lubricating the bearings. One or more sensors may be retained in a void between the sets of bearings.