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AssigneeBorealis Technical Limited
InventorsRobert M. Sweet, Neal Gilleran, Jonathan Sidney Edelson, Isaiah Watas Cox, Rodney T. Cox
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A wheel design is provided for an aircraft landing gear wheel that is configured to maximize the space available within a landing gear wheel well to support a geared motor assembly that drives the aircraft wheel when the aircraft is on the ground. The wheel includes inboard and outboard support walls that are spaced apart a selected distance along the wheel axle so that the geared motor assembly components are substantially completely contained within the wheel space defined by the support walls. The preferred motor driver assembly includes an electric motor and a gear and clutch assembly operatively connected to the wheel to drive the wheel and move the aircraft on the ground. The wheel and motor driver assembly described herein may be retrofitted in an existing aircraft wheel without changing existing landing gear components, including tires, piston, and axle.
A wheel and geared motor assembly configured to fit substantially completely within existing wheel well space in an existing aircraft landing gear, wherein a wheel is supported on an axle by opposed support wall means for supporting said wheel and defining a volume within said wheel well, and a motor assembly means for driving said wheel on the ground and a gear system means for driving said motor assembly means are supported within the defined volume between said opposed support wall means.
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