Nose wheel steering
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorAndrew Robert HAWKSWORTH
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Abstract
A nose wheel steering mechanism comprises a first, rotationally fixed nose wheel leg portion and a second, rotatable nose wheel leg portion arranged at least partially within and extending parallel to the first nose wheel leg portion. A toroidal electric motor is mounted to and extends around the first nose wheel leg portion. Toroidal gearing is mounted to and extends around the first nose wheel leg and has an input driven by the toroidal electric motor and an output coupled to and driving the second nose wheel leg portion.
Claims18
A nose wheel steering mechanism comprising:
- a first, rotationally fixed nose wheel leg portion;
- a second, rotatable nose wheel leg portion arranged at least partially within and extending parallel to the first nose wheel leg portion;
- a toroidal electric motor mounted to and extending around the first nose wheel leg portion;
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- toroidal gearing mounted to and extending around the first nose wheel leg and having an input driven by the toroidal electric motor and an output coupled to and driving the second nose wheel leg portion.
The nose wheel steering mechanism as claimed in claim, wherein the drive elements are splines.
A nose wheel steering mechanism comprising:
- a first, rotationally fixed nose wheel leg portion;
- a second, rotatable nose wheel leg portion arranged at least partially within and extending parallel to the first nose wheel leg portion;
- a toroidal electric motor extending circumferentially with respect to the first nose wheel leg portion;
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- toroidal gearing extending circumferentially with respect to the first nose wheel leg portion and having an input driven by the toroidal electric motor and an output coupled to and driving the second nose wheel leg portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.