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US 12,576,677 B2Granted
Corrosion protection for aircraft wheel pneumatic ports
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorScottie G. Whittle
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Abstract
A wheel assembly is provided that includes a structure defining a wheel portion configured to receive a portion of a tire. The wheel assembly further includes a structure of the wheel portion defining an air channel from a face of the wheel portion to an area that receives the portion of the tire, an end of the air channel proximate to the face being configured to receive a valve, where the structure is further configured to receive a corrosion mitigation device within the air channel.
Claims20
A wheel assembly, comprising:
- a wheel comprising a tube-well and a face, the tube-well configured to receive a tire;
- an air channel within the wheel, the air channel extending from a face of the wheel to the tube-well, the air channel having a first end at the face of the wheel and a second end at the tube-well;
- a valve, the valve positioned within the air channel at the first end of the air channel;
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- a corrosion mitigation device, the corrosion mitigation device independent from the valve and positioned within the air channel between a second end of the air channel and the valve, wherein the corrosion mitigation device is spaced from the valve.
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A landing gear of an aircraft, comprising:
- a wheel assembly, the wheel assembly comprising:
- a wheel comprising a tube-well and a face, the tube-well configured to receive a tire;
- an air channel within the wheel, the air channel extending from a face of the wheel to the tube-well, the air channel having a first end at the face of the wheel and a second end at the tube-well;
- a valve, the valve positioned within the air channel at the first end of the air channel;
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- a corrosion mitigation device, the corrosion mitigation device independent from the valve and positioned within the air channel between a second end of the air channel and the valve, wherein the corrosion mitigation device is spaced from the valve.
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An aircraft comprising:
- a landing gear, wherein the landing gear comprises a wheel assembly, the wheel assembly comprising:
- a wheel comprising a tube-well and a face, the tube-well configured to receive a tire;
- an air channel within the wheel, the air channel extending from a face of the wheel to the tube-well, the air channel having a first end at the face of the wheel and a second end at the tube-well;
- a valve, the valve positioned within the air channel at the first end of the air channel;
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- a corrosion mitigation device, the corrosion mitigation device independent from the valve and positioned within the air channel between a second end of the air channel and the valve, wherein the corrosion mitigation device is spaced from the valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.