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US 9,169,005 B2Granted
Drive unit for aircraft running gear
AssigneeL-3 Communications Magnet-Motor GmbH
InventorsJohann Oswald, Manfred Heeg
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Abstract
A drive unit (16) for an aircraft running gear (2) having at least a first wheel (4) and a second wheel (6) on a common wheel axis (A) is characterized in that the drive unit (16) is drivingly coupleable to the first and second wheels (4, 6) such that a direction of longitudinal extension (C) of the drive unit (16) is in a plane orthogonal to the common wheel axis (A).
Claims29
A drive unit for an aircraft running gear having a running gear leg and at least a first wheel and a second wheel on a common wheel axis,
- characterized in that the drive unit is drivingly coupleable to the first and second wheels such that a direction of longitudinal extension of the drive unit is in a plane orthogonal to the common wheel axis and substantially parallel to a main longitudinal axis of the running gear leg, and
- further characterized in that the drive unit comprises:
- a first motor drivingly coupleable to the first wheel via a first gear structure, and
- a second motor drivingly coupleable to the second wheel via a second gear structure,
- wherein the first and second motors are arranged in tandem along the direction of longitudinal extension of the drive unit.
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An aircraft running gear, comprising:
- a running gear leg,
- at least a first wheel and a second wheel on a common wheel axis, and
- a drive unit that is drivingly coupleable to the first and second wheels such that a direction of longitudinal extension of the drive unit is in a plane orthogonal to the common wheel axis and substantially parallel to a main longitudinal axis of the running gear leg, wherein the drive unit comprises:
- a first motor drivingly coupleable to the first wheel via a first gear structure, and
- a second motor drivingly coupleable to the second wheel via a second gear structure,
- wherein the first and second motors are arranged in tandem along the direction of longitudinal extension of the drive unit.
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