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https://drivepatents.com/patents/950899 · 13 May 2015
Systems and methods for indicating conditions for the appropriate inflation and/or deflation of tires (132,134) are disclosed. Some systems and methods include measuring a variable affecting the internal gas temperature of a tire (132,134), calculating by ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/951075 · 6 May 2015
A instrumented housing (201) for an electric motor actuator is provided. The instrumented housing (201) may have a ribbon gage (203) coupled to a housing (201) of an electrical motor actuator. The ribbon gage (203) may have one or more strain gages (403). ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/951194 · 22 Apr 2015
A clamp-hubcap assembly is provided. The assembly may include a clamp (130; 230; 330; 430), a hubcap (120; 220; 320; 420), and a retaining device (140; 240A; 240B; 240C; 340D; 340E; 440). The retaining device (140; 240A; 240B; 240C; 340D; 340E; 440) may be...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/962593 · 4 Mar 2015
An electromechanical actuator ("EMA") (100) comprising an actuator drive unit ("ADU") housing (106) and a ball screw (102) is disclosed. The ball screw (102) and ADU housing (106) may interface to form a multi-row thrust bearing (MRTB) (310). Further, the ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/962594 · 4 Mar 2015
An electromechanical actuator ("EMA") may comprise a ball screw (204) having at least one tab (208) extending from an inner surface thereof and/or an actuator drive unit ("ADU") housing (202) that interfaces with the at least one tab (208). The ball screw ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/952142 · 18 Feb 2015
A park brake (20) for an electric motor actuator (10) is provided. The system comprises a micro-motor (24), a first gear (24) and a second gear (26). The system is configured to exert a radial force on a shaft (16) of the electric motor actuator (10) to lo...
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/965481 · 31 Dec 2014
Tire pressure monitoring systems and methods for detecting a tire burst are disclosed. The system (100) may include a tire pressure sensor (110), a tire pressure monitor (120), and a tire burst indicator (130). The tire pressure sensor (110) may measure ti...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/967644 · 5 Nov 2014
Systems and methods disclosed herein may be useful for use in a wheel assembly (10). In this regard, a wheel assembly (10) is provided comprising a wheel base (12) having a side rim (14) disposed about a circumference of the wheel base (12), and a lock rin...