Patent ID: 7237748

Claim:
An integrated wheel/hub motor generator and electromagnetic braking system for aircraft landing gear, comprising: a nose gear and a main landing gear, at least one of the nose gear or the main landing gear comprising: a nonrotational base portion configured to connect to an airframe of the aircraft; a wheel connected to and rotatable with respect to the base portion about a rotational axis; a plurality of stators connected to the base portion; a plurality of rotors connected to the wheel and configured to rotate with respect to said stators; wherein each of said pluralities of stators and rotors is configured to generate a magnetic flux; and wherein said pluralities of stators and rotors are configured so that interaction of their magnetic fluxes causes at least one of: converting electrical energy to rotational torque energy of the wheel, and converting rotational torque energy of the wheel to electrical energy of a magnitude suitable for use to decrease the rotational velocity of said wheel.