Method of protecting an aircraft landing gear while the aircraft is being towed, and pin for coupling a towing bar to an orientable lower part of a landing gear
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Aug 18, 2015
Grant Date -
Dec 27, 2012
app pub date -
Mar 31, 2011
filing date -
Mar 31, 2010
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Abstract
A method of protecting an aircraft undercarriage (1) while it is being towed by means of a tow bar (13) hitched to a steerable bottom portion of the undercarriage, the method including the step of generating an alarm when a towing force imposed by the tow bar on the undercarriage reaches or exceeds a predetermined force threshold. The threshold is caused to vary as a function of an orientation of the steerable bottom portion of the undercarriage.
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- 2011 Application Filing Year
- G08B Class
- 1871 Applications Filed
- 1487 Patents Issued To-Date
- 79.48 % Issued To-Date
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- G08B Class
- 8.94 % this patent is cited more than
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