Patent ID: 8708275
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: B64C,B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An aerodynamic braking device for an aircraft including: a first aircraft mounted means that produces energy, a second aircraft mounted means that stores the energy generated by said first means, and third aircraft mounted means that generates an aerodynamic force to brake the aircraft from the energy stored in said second means, with said first means including at least one propeller able to be driven in rotation by the relative displacement of the aircraft with respect to the air surrounding the aircraft, said at least one propeller being coupled to at least one compressor that compresses a gas to be stored in the second means, the gas including air sampled from air surrounding the aircraft; wherein the third means includes said at least one propeller, said at least one propeller including blades that are positioned with their axes substantially parallel to a rotation axis of said at least one propeller when said device is not in use.