Aircraft landing gear equipped with means for driving in rotation wheels carried by the landing gear

An aircraft landing gear comprising:

• an axle (2), and
• a wheel (3, 3′),
• wherein said wheel comprises a rim (4, 4′) mounted so as to rotate on the axle about a first axis of rotation (X), first blocks (11, 11′) protruding from a lateral face (F, F′) of the rim, said first blocks cooperating with a gearwheel (8) of a drive actuator (7) carried by the landing gear, the gearwheel being mounted rotatably about a second axis of rotation (Y) perpendicular to the first axis of rotation,
• wherein the first blocks (11, 11′) are removable and are carried on the lateral face, and
• wherein the lateral face is shaped so as to have radial supports (14, 26) separated by indentations (15, 28), the first blocks being carried on the supports.

An aircraft landing gear comprising:

• an axle,
• first and second wheels (103a, 103b;
• 203a, 203b), each wheel comprising a rim (104a, 104b) mounted so as to rotate on the axle about a first axis of rotation,
• first blocks protruding from a lateral face of the rim of said first wheel and first blocks protruding from a lateral face of the rim of said second wheel,
• a first actuator (107a;
• 207a) for driving in rotation the first wheel comprising a first gearwheel (108a) engaging with the first blocks of the rim of the first wheel, the first gearwheel being mounted rotatably about a second axis of rotation that is perpendicular to the first axis of rotation,
• a second actuator (107b;
• 207b) for driving in rotation the second wheel comprising a second gearwheel (108b) adapted to engage with the first blocks of the rim of the second wheel, the second gearwheel being mounted rotatably about a third axis of rotation that is perpendicular to the first axis of rotation, and
• an engagement actuator (110;
• 210) carrying the drive actuators (107a, 107b;
• 207a, 207b) and adapted to displace said actuators simultaneously between an engagement position in which the first gearwheel engages with the first blocks of the rim of the first wheel and the second gearwheel engages with the first blocks of the rim of the second wheel, and a release position in which the first and second gearwheels are distanced from the rims of the first and second wheels.