Patent ID: 9658621
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64F,G05D,Y02T

Claim:
1. An automatic taxiing system for an aircraft, the system comprising: a computing device that determines if non-emergency braking is desired and determines if emergency braking is desired; a controller having an engines-off drive output and a friction brake output; at least one engines-off drive attached to at least one landing gear wheel of the aircraft, wherein the at least one engines-off drive is configured to apply at least one of: positive torque or negative torque to the at least one landing gear wheel, in response to the engines-off drive output, for non-emergency braking in non-emergency stop circumstances; and at least one friction brake attached to the at least one landing gearwheel, wherein the at least one friction brake is configured to impede rotation of the at least one landing gear wheel, in response to the friction brake output, for emergency braking in emergency stop circumstances.