Patent ID: 6478252
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: B60T,B64C

Abstract:
A method of increasing the service life of carbon disks which form the functional braking elements of a brake disk stack of an aircraft brake assembly, each brake assembly associated with a respective wheel of a plurality of wheels which comprises a landing gear configuration of the aircraft, the method comprising the steps of:establishing a preselect first group of brake assemblies of a total number of brake assemblies which are actuated for both low-pressure and high pressure braking of the aircraft; establishing a preselect second group of brake assemblies which comprises the remaining number of the total number of brake assemblies which are actuated only during high-pressure braking of the aircraft; actuating the first group of brake assemblies during the taxi-snub stops of the aircraft when it is on the ground; and actuating the first and second groups of brake assemblies during landing of the aircraft.