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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2021
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Trent Daryl Miller, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Methods for reducing brake wear during aircraft taxiing are disclosed. As one example, a method comprises determining a sequence to apply brakes of a given set of landing gear during a brake event, wherein the determining includes selecting a warmer brake of the brakes to initially apply at a start of the brake event, and selecting a cooler brake of the brakes to subsequently apply when the warmer brake is released during the brake event. The method further comprises applying the warmer brake and the cooler brake in the determined sequence during the brake event. In another example, an aircraft brake system comprises brakes and a controller that is programmed to, during taxiing, apply a warmer subset of the brakes before applying a cooler subset of the brakes during a brake event.