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US 2011/0073388 A1Published application
Aircraft tug
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsMichael J. Andres, Shin Katsumata
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Abstract
An aircraft tug includes a tow bar which extends from a chassis, the tow bar operable to autonomously attach with an aircraft main landing gear assembly and transfer electrical power therebetween.
Claims20
An aircraft tug comprising:
- a chassis;
- and
- a tow bar which extends from said chassis, said tow bar operable to autonomously selectively attach with an aircraft main landing gear assembly;
- and
- a tug power connector mounted to said tow bar operable to autonomously connect with an aircraft ground electric power connection located on the aircraft main landing gear assembly to transfer electrical power therebetween.
2 more elements
A method of taxiing an aircraft comprising:
- autonomously selectively attaching a multiple of aircraft tugs to a respective multiple of aircraft main landing gear assemblies;
- communicating electrical power between at least one of the multiple of aircraft tugs and the aircraft;
- and
- remotely controlling the multiple of aircraft tugs to taxi the aircraft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.