Forward inboard retracting main landing gear

Details Forward inboard retracting main landing gear Forward inboard retracting main landing gear

2005-09-13

2005-09-13

Luu, Teri Pham (Department: 3644)

Aeronautics and astronautics

Landing gear

Retractable

Reexamination Certificate

active

06942182

ABSTRACT:
An aircraft landing gear is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The aircraft landing gear comprises a nonfolding, nonhinged shock strut that extends along a shock strut axis from a proximal end to a distal end and remains at an essentially constant length throughout an extension/retraction cycle. A trunnion is coupled to the proximal end of the shock strut and capable of pivoting in combination with the shock strut about a canted trunnion axis. A multiple-wheel truck is coupled to the distal end of the shock strut. A drag strut is coupled to the shock strut at a position intermediate to the shock strut proximal and distal end and is capable of folding as the landing gear is retracted and straightening as the landing gear is extended. The canted trunnion axis is canted so that the shock strut retracts in a forward and inboard direction and extends downward and outboard.

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