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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2011
Neal Gilleran, Long Beach, CA (US);
Robert M. Sweet, Beaver, UT (US);
Jonathan Sidney Edelson, North Plains, OR (US);
Rodney T. Cox, North Plains, OR (US);
Isaiah Watas Cox, Baltimore, MD (US);
Neal Gilleran, Long Beach, CA (US);
Robert M. Sweet, Beaver, UT (US);
Jonathan Sidney Edelson, North Plains, OR (US);
Rodney T. Cox, North Plains, OR (US);
Isaiah Watas Cox, Baltimore, MD (US);
Borealis Technical Limited, Gibraltar, GI;
Abstract
A wheel design is provided for an aircraft landing gear wheel that is configured to maximize the space available within a landing gear wheel well to support a motor driver assembly that drives the aircraft wheel when the aircraft is on the ground. The wheel includes inboard and outboard support walls that are spaced apart a selected distance along the wheel axle so that the motor driver assembly components are substantially completely contained within the wheel space defined by the support walls. The preferred motor driver assembly includes an electric motor and a gear and clutch assembly operatively connected to the wheel to drive the wheel and move the aircraft on the ground. The wheel and motor driver assembly described herein may be retrofitted in an existing aircraft wheel without changing existing landing gear components, including tires, piston, and axle.