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https://drivepatents.com/patents/949803 · 29 Jul 2015
Systems, methods, and apparatus for optimizing real-time antiskid control initialization for a vehicle on a travel surface are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a method involves determining when at least one wheel of the vehicle touches ground. The m...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/950866 · 20 May 2015
The EMA (100) may comprise an EMA housing (102), a strain gauge (202;400) coupled to the EMA housing (102), the strain gauge (202;400) comprising a Wheatstone bridge (300), the Wheatstone bridge (300) comprising a first group of resistors (302,304) coupled...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/950810 · 20 May 2015
In various embodiments, a method for utilizing a determined coefficient of friction along a portion of a runway (50) is disclosed. The method may include receiving, by a brake control unit (310), friction estimation map data for a specific runway (50). The...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/950815 · 20 May 2015
In various embodiments, a method associating received coefficient of friction data to runway friction estimation map elements. Also, the method may include aggregating the received determined coefficient of friction data into a friction estimation map.
https://drivepatents.com/patents/964131 · 7 Jan 2015
Systems (300) and methods for detecting an on ground condition of an aircraft (100) are disclosed. A weight on wheel (WOW) system may determine that an aircraft (100) is on the ground. Wheel speed sensors (322,324,326,328) may measure the speed of the airc...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/964120 · 7 Jan 2015
Systems and methods for a tire/runway friction property estimation method based on measured wheel speed, calculated acceleration, wheel reference and tire normal force estimation are disclosed. Based on the resulting estimations, a map and/or function of p...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/971573 · 6 Aug 2014
The method involves automatically verifying whether conditions for turning of an aircraft are met in the event of activation of an emergency automatic asymmetrical braking. A symmetrical braking value is automatically applied at a brake assembly (E1) if th...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/975128 · 7 May 2014
The invention provides a control system and method of the anti-skid computers of an aircraft. The control system comprises two IMA computers (231, 232), comprising each one an Avionics Computer Control Device (241, 242), an Avionics Computer Monitoring Dev...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/976080 · 16 Apr 2014
The system has wheels (1) that are braked by respective brakes (2), and each brake has multiple electromechanical actuators (3). A controller (8) distributes electric power (Ps) to the actuators in response to a braking set-point. The controller has an inp...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/979584 · 15 Jan 2014
A method comprises calculating, by a brake controller, a slip ratio based upon an aircraft speed and a speed of an aircraft wheel (202, 204), determining, by the brake controller, that the slip ratio is above a threshold value, and sending, by the brake co...