US 12,479,598 B2
Remote power switch for an aircraft tug
Mark R. Patey, Spanish Fork, UT (US)
Assigned to Best Tugs, LLC, Spanish Fork, UT (US)
Filed by Best Tugs, LLC, Spanish Fork, UT (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/226,747.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/392,305, filed on Jul. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034484 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B64F 1/228 (2024.01); G05D 1/223 (2024.01); G05D 107/80 (2024.01)
CPC B64F 1/228 (2013.01) [G05D 1/223 (2024.01); G05D 2107/85 (2024.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remote power switch for an aircraft tug, comprising:
a housing;
a power supply carried by the housing;
a transmitter carried by the housing, operable under power provided by the power supply, and, when in communication with the power supply, transmits a signal that remotely terminates power to the aircraft tug;
a switch carried by the housing to control the flow of power between the power supply and the transmitter; and
a button on the housing to control the switch and having:
an extended position in which the switch is off; and
a depressed position in which the switch is on,
the button pushable from the extended position to the depressed position,
the button pullable from the depressed position to the extended position.