Aircraft including an electric starter-generator for the or each turbojet, an undercarriage fitted with an electric motor for taxiing, an electricity converter, and an electricity distribution unit connecting the electricity converter to the starter-generator and the electric motor

摘要

An aircraft including an electric starter-generator for each of turbojets, and an undercarriage including an electric motor for taxiing the aircraft, which mutualizes an electricity converter for starting and for taxiing the aircraft. A single electricity converter is configured to be coupled to the electric starter-generator associated with a turbojet or to the electric motor of the undercarriage for taxiing, the coupling take place via an electricity distribution unit.

主权项

1. An aircraft comprising:
a first turbojet engine fitted with a first electric starter-generator; an undercarriage fitted with a taxiing electric motor for taxiing the aircraft on the ground; an external electrical power inlet; an electricity converter; and an electricity distribution unit; wherein an inlet and an outlet of the electricity converter are connected to the electricity distribution unit; and wherein the electricity distribution unit is configured to selectively connect the first electric starter-generator, the taxiing electric motor, and the external electrical power inlet to the electricity converter.