Aircraft wheel with rotational drive attached to clevises projecting from wheel rim
View Patent ↗An aircraft wheel equipped with rotation-drivers ( 10 ) attached to clevises ( 19 ) projecting from a side of wheel rim ( 5 ). The rotation driver includes a ring ( 11 ) that is adapted to cooperate with a drive actuator and is provided with members ( 12 ) for attaching to the clevises in such a way that, between two attachment members, the ring forms a flexible and deformable segment.
1. An aircraft wheel comprising:
a wheel rim ( 5 );
clevises ( 19 ) projecting from a side of said wheel rim;
rotation-drivers ( 10 ) attached to said clevises ( 19 ); and
a drive actuator,
wherein the rotation-drivers comprise a ring ( 11 ) cooperative with the drive actuator and provided with attachment members ( 12 ) for being attached to the clevises, and
wherein between two attachment members, the ring forms a flexible and deformable segment.
2. The aircraft wheel according to claim 1 , wherein the ring comprises a chain ( 11 ) with a plurality of tracks.
3. The aircraft wheel according to claim 2 , wherein each attachment member ( 12 ) comprises jaws ( 13 , 14 ) adapted to clamp links of the chain.
4. The aircraft wheel according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the jaws is fixed to one of the clevises ( 19 ) of the rim.
5. The aircraft wheel according to claim 1 , further comprising brake bars ( 21 ) which are fixed to the same clevises as the attachment members of the rotation-drivers.