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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Messier-dowty Limited, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GB;
Inventors:
Chris Green, Churchdown, GB;
Yann Simonneaux, Cheltenham, GB;
Assignee:
Messier-Dowty Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/36 (2006.01); B64C 25/42 (2006.01); B64C 25/62 (2006.01); B64C 25/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/36 (2013.01); B64C 25/34 (2013.01); B64C 25/42 (2013.01); B64C 25/62 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft brake assembly comprising a support leg, a main wheel rotatably mounted on the support leg, a brake comprising a first sub-assembly fixed to the main wheel and a second sub-assembly moveably mounted on the support leg and a ground reaction wheel coupled to the second sub-assembly, wherein on application of the brake, the first sub-assembly engages with the second sub-assembly to exert a braking force on the second sub-assembly; and wherein the ground reaction wheel is arranged to transfer the braking force from the second sub-assembly to the ground.