Mobile aircraft arresting system
AssigneeCurtiss-Wright Flow Control Service Corporation
InventorsKirk F. Schneider, Justin Agren, Andrew P. Tully
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Abstract
A mobile aircraft arresting system includes a chassis; a rotatable reel supported by the chassis; a wheel system for supporting the chassis, the wheel system including a first wheel and a second wheel; a lifting system that adjustably couples the wheel system to the chassis; and a locking system. The lifting system is operable between a first configuration that arranges the chassis in a raised position, a second configuration that arranges the chassis in a lowered position, and an intermediate configuration that arranges the chassis in an intermediate position between the raised position and lowered position. The locking system is operable to the lock the lifting system in the intermediate configuration.
Claims20
A mobile aircraft arresting system comprising:
- a chassis;
- a rotatable reel supported by the chassis;
- a wheel system for supporting the chassis, the wheel system including a first wheel and a second wheel;
- a lifting system that adjustably couples the wheel system to the chassis, wherein the lifting system is operable between a first configuration that arranges the chassis in a raised position, a second configuration that arranges the chassis in a lowered position, and an intermediate configuration that arranges the chassis in an intermediate position between the raised position and lowered position;
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- a locking system that is operable to the lock the lifting system in the intermediate configuration.
A mobile aircraft arresting system comprising:
- a chassis;
- a rotatable reel supported by the chassis;
- a wheel system for supporting the chassis;
- a hydraulic component;
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- a hydraulic system supported by the chassis and operable to supply hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic component, the hydraulic system comprising:
- a fluid reservoir for containing hydraulic fluid,
- a first supply line and second supply line for supplying the hydraulic fluid from the fluid reservoir to the hydraulic component, the second supply line being downstream of the first supply line,
- a first return line and second return line for returning the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic component to the fluid reservoir, the second return line being downstream of the first return line,
- a first fluid connector that is connectable to an external supply line of an external hydraulic system,
- a second fluid connector that is connectable to an external return line of the external hydraulic system,
- a first valve assembly that is operable to assume a primary configuration that provides communication between the first supply line and the second supply line, and an auxiliary configuration that provides communication between the first fluid connector and the second supply line,
- a second valve assembly that is operable to assume a primary configuration that provides communication between the first return line and the second return line, and an auxiliary configuration that provides communication between the second fluid connector and the first return line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.