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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
May. 03, 2021
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Alvin Jones, Arlington, TX (US);
Vitthal Vishnuthreeth Arakeri, Bangalore, IN;
Kevin Knott, Arlington, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
An exemplary aircraft transport jack includes a vertical structure having a vertical axis, a bottom end, and a top end, a connector above the bottom end operable to detachably secure the vertical structure to an aircraft member, a wheel assembly with wheels positioned on opposing sides of the vertical structure, and an actuator coupled to the vertical structure and the wheel assembly and operable to move the wheel assembly axially relative to the vertical structure between a lowered position with the wheels on a ground and a raised position with the bottom end on the ground and the wheels above the ground.