Patent ID: 8386094

Claim:
A system for controlling a taxi brake inhibit mode of operation of an aircraft brake system, the aircraft brake system including at least one landing gear, each of said at least one landing gear including a forward pair of wheel brakes and an aft pair of wheel brakes, at least some of said wheel brakes being deactivated from braking notwithstanding a brake pedal command for a commanded braking force during said taxi brake inhibit mode, the system comprising: at least one electronic brake actuation controller operatively connected to said at least one landing gear and configured to control the operation of said forward and aft pairs of wheel brakes of said at least one landing gear, said at least one electronic brake actuation controller being operative to generate a status message indicating non-normal operation of said at least one electronic brake actuation controller; and a brake system control unit operative to receive a brake pedal command for a commanded braking force, said brake system control unit being connected to said at least one electronic brake actuation controller and operative to control said at least one electronic brake actuation controller to generate a braking force greater than the commanded braking force of the brake pedal command, said brake system control unit being connected to said at least one electronic brake actuation controller to receive said status message indicating non-normal operation of said at least one electronic brake actuation controller.