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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2005
Jean-pierre Garcia, Colomiers, FR;
Jean-Pierre Garcia, Colomiers, FR;
Messier-Bugatti, Velizy Villacoublay, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a system architecture for managing aircraft landing gear and suitable for extending/retracting retractable undercarriages, steering steerable wheels, and braking braked wheels. According to the invention, the architecture comprises a communications network having connected thereto extension/retraction actuators, steering actuators, and braking actuators, together with one or more control units adapted to control all of the actuators connected thereto, the communications network having transmission characteristics that are adapted to enabling the control unit(s) to implement antilock servo-control for controlling the braking actuators.