System and method for cooling the brakes of landing gear of an aircraft
AssigneeSafran Electrical & Power
InventorsThierry Fontalbat, Florent Challas, Fabien Orlandini
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Abstract
A system for cooling the brakes of a brake system of a landing gear of an aircraft, including: a compressor configured to generate a pressurized airflow, the compressor including at least one air outlet, and an air jet pump including: a pump tube including a first end connected to the air outlet and a second end, the pump tube being designed to carry the pressurized airflow between the first and second ends, and a plurality of injectors connected to the second end of the pump tube, and configured to inject the pressurized airflow.
Claims12
A cooling system for cooling brakes of a brake system of a landing gear of an aircraft, comprising:
- a compressor configured to generate a pressurized air flow, said compressor comprising at least one air outlet, and
- an air jet pump comprising:
- a pump tube comprising a first end connected to said air outlet and a second end, said pump tube being designed to convey said pressurized air flow between the first and second ends, and
- a plurality of injectors connected to said second end of the pump tube, and configured to inject said pressurized air flow,
- wherein the plurality of injectors comprises a central injector arranged as an extension of the second end of the pump tube and a plurality of intermediate injectors arranged 360º around said central injector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.