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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Inventors:
David Lazarovich, Thornhill, CA;
Nicolae Morcov, Mississauga, CA;
Marius Pleniceanu, Mississauga, CA;
Assignee:
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); B64C 25/40 (2006.01); B64C 25/34 (2006.01); B64C 25/50 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/405 (2013.01); B64C 25/34 (2013.01); B64C 25/50 (2013.01); B64D 41/00 (2013.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gate departure system for an aircraft includes an electric traction motor for driving a wheel of a main landing gear assembly of the aircraft on only one side of the aircraft; and a controller selectively connected to a starter-generator of an auxiliary power unit (APU) and to the traction motor to control flow of electrical power to either the starter-generator for starting of the APU or the electric traction motor for driving the wheel.