Aircraft braking system
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorGeorge Howell
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Abstract
An aircraft controller 5, aircraft braking system 13 and method for determining braking parameters. The aircraft controller 5 is configured to determine information associated with an aircraft taxiing route associated with an aircraft 1. On the basis of the information, the aircraft controller 5 determines a first braking parameter for a first main landing gear 8 of the aircraft 1 and a second braking parameter for a second main landing gear 9 of the aircraft 1 during a landing event. The first and second braking parameters are determined to result in asymmetrical braking between the first 8 and second 9 main landing gears during the landing event.
Claims24
An aircraft controller configured to:
- before a landing event, determine information associated with an aircraft taxiing route associated with an aircraft and along which the aircraft is to travel after the landing event and/or traveled before a take-off event preceding the landing event;
- based on the information, determine a first braking parameter for a first main landing gear of the aircraft and a second braking parameter for a second main landing gear of the aircraft during the landing event, wherein the first braking parameter and the second braking parameter are determined to result in asymmetrical braking between the first main landing gear and the second main landing gear during the landing event;
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- cause actuating of a brake of the first main landing gear using the first braking parameter during the landing event, and/or cause actuation of a brake of the second main landing gear using the second braking parameter during the landing event.
An aircraft braking system for an aircraft, the aircraft braking system comprising:
- a first main landing gear and a second main landing gear offset laterally from the first main landing gear on the aircraft;
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- an aircraft controller configured to determine a first braking parameter for the first main landing gear and a second braking parameter for the second main landing gear during a landing event of the aircraft,
- wherein the aircraft controller is configured to determine, before the landing event, the first braking parameter and the second braking parameter based on information indicative of an aircraft taxiing route to be taken by the aircraft after the landing event and/or travelled before a take-off event preceding the landing event,
- wherein the first braking parameter and the second braking parameter are determined to result in asymmetrical braking between the first main landing gear and the second main landing gear during the landing event, and
- wherein the aircraft braking system is configured to cause actuation of a brake on the first main landing gear based on the first braking parameter during the landing event and/or cause actuation of a brake on the second main landing gear based on the second braking parameter during the landing event.
A method of operating an aircraft controller to determine and apply braking parameters for braking at least one wheel of each of a first main landing gear and a second main landing gear laterally offset from each other on an aircraft, the method comprising:
- before a landing event, determining information indicative of an aircraft taxiing route to be taken by the aircraft after the landing event and/or taken by the aircraft before a take-off event preceding the landing event;
- determining respective braking parameters for each of the first main landing gear and the second main landing gear during the landing event of the aircraft based on the information, wherein the braking parameters are determined to result in asymmetrical braking by the first main landing gear and the second main landing gear during the landing event;
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- applying the braking parameter respective to the first main landing gear to cause actuation of a brake on a wheel of the first main landing gear during the landing event and/or applying the braking parameter respective to the second main landing gear to a cause actuation of brake on a wheel of the second main landing gear during the landing event.
An aircraft controller configured to:
- before a landing event, determine a difference between a sum of right-hand braking and a sum of left-hand braking in an aircraft taxiing route due to be taken by an aircraft after the landing event and/or taken before a take-off event preceding the landing event;
- based on the difference, determine a first braking parameter for a first main landing gear of the aircraft and a second braking parameter for a second main landing gear of the aircraft, and
- apply the first braking parameter to cause actuation of a brake on a wheel of the first main landing gear during the landing event, and/or apply the second braking parameter to cause actuation of a brake a wheel on the second main landing gear during the landing event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.