Patent ID: 8196937
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: B64F

Abstract:
1. A transport wheel device for a helicopter having a runner defining an axial direction and a wheel secured to the runner, the transport wheel device comprising: a holding frame detachably securable to the runner; a slide, the slide being continuously adjustable axially with respect to the holding frame and securable in an axial position; a wheel axle attached to the holding frame by the slide; the wheel disposed on the wheel axle; and a lifting device coupled to the holding frame and the wheel axle, the lifting device being configured to vertically move the transport wheel, wherein the holding frame is configured so as to be securable to the runner in a region of a flexible tube, and the holding frame includes two sections including parallel holding legs configured to receive the flexible tube therebetween, each holding leg including first and second end regions configured to be respectively detachably secured to the runner and flexible tube.