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US 2009/0152055 A1Published application
Wheel motor cooling
OwnerIsaiah Watas Coxinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a means for cooling the brakes of under-carriage wheels by disengaging and spinning the motor used to provide traction on landing, thereby providing fan cooling of the brakes.
Claims13
An apparatus for cooling self-propelled aircraft undercarriage components, comprising:
- at least one self-propelled aircraft undercarriage wheel;
- at least one drive means for propelling said undercarriage wheel;
- said drive means comprising a rotor and a stator;
- whereby said drive means acts as a cooling means to cool said undercarriage components.
1 more element
The apparatus of claim.1 wherein said drive means comprises one selected from the list comprising:
- electric induction motor, high phase order electric induction motor, permanent magnet motor, switched reluctance motor.
A method for cooling self-propelled aircraft undercarriage components, said undercarriage having drive means having a rotor and a stator, the method comprising spinning said rotor;
- whereby cooling of the undercarriage components occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.