LEVERED LANDING GEAR WITH INNER SHOCK STRUT

    公开(公告)号:US20220402598A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17661846

    申请日:2022-05-03

    摘要: A levered landing gear including a first shock strut having and a second shock strut disposed concentrically with the first shock strut. The second shock strut includes a metering pin coupled to a mounting surface of a piston of the second shock strut, and an orifice plate that cooperates with the metering pin to meter an amount of fluid flow as the second shock strut is compressed. The metering pin includes flutes longitudinally arranged on the metering pin between first and second ends of the metering pin, the flutes having a varying depth so that a fluid flow through the flutes is greater at the second end than fluid flow through the flutes at the first end. A truck lever is coupled to both the first shock strut and the second shock strut such that the second shock strut pivots the truck lever relative to the first shock strut.

    AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220281589A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17750812

    申请日:2022-05-23

    IPC分类号: B64C25/26 B64C25/20

    摘要: An aircraft landing gear assembly having a reinstating geometry in which a lock link can be moved to assume a first locking condition to inhibit movement of a stay when a main strut is in a deployed condition and a second locking condition to inhibit movement of the main strut when in a stowed condition. An unlock actuator is coupled between a first element of the stay and the lock link such that the actuator can break the lock link from the first locking condition and force it to assume the second locking condition by operational force in a single direction.

    ARTICULATING TRUSS CONFIGURATION FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR

    公开(公告)号:US20210245867A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-12

    申请号:US17154742

    申请日:2021-01-21

    发明人: James Acks

    IPC分类号: B64C25/20 B64C25/34 B64C25/26

    摘要: A landing gear system for an aircraft is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system includes a truss frame pivotally connected to a frame of the aircraft and configured to rotate about an axis; a retraction actuator configured to rotate the truss frame about the axis; a first truss link pivotally connected to the truss frame; a second truss link pivotally connected to the first truss link; a truss locking link pivotally connected to the truss frame and to the second truss link; and an articulation actuator configured to pivot the first truss link with respect to the truss frame.

    Contouring Retractable Landing Gear Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20210039774A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US16532347

    申请日:2019-08-05

    申请人: Bell Textron Inc.

    IPC分类号: B64C25/12 B64C25/20 B64C25/34

    摘要: A retractable landing gear system configured to contour an aircraft fuselage includes a landing wheel having an axle, a wheel rotation strut assembly coupling the landing wheel to the aircraft fuselage and an actuation strut assembly configured to move the wheel rotation strut assembly between various positions including a deployed position and a stowed position. The axle of the landing wheel is pivotably coupled to a distal end of the wheel rotation strut assembly and configured to pivot relative to the wheel rotation strut assembly as the actuation strut assembly moves the wheel rotation strut assembly between the deployed and stowed positions such that the landing wheel generally contours the aircraft fuselage when the wheel rotation strut assembly is in the stowed position.

    LEVERED LANDING GEAR WITH INNER SHOCK STRUT
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200290731A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16829359

    申请日:2020-03-25

    摘要: A levered landing gear including a first shock strut having a first end and a second end, a truck lever pivotally coupled to the second end of the first shock strut, and a second shock strut disposed between the second end of the first shock strut and the truck lever, where the second shock strut has a first end and a second end, the first end of the second shock strut being coupled to the second end of the first shock strut and the second end of the second shock strut being coupled to the truck lever.

    Aircraft landing gear and method
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10730612B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-04

    申请号:US16169384

    申请日:2018-10-24

    摘要: An amphibious aircraft has a tricycle landing gear that is movable between a retracted, or up, position and an extended, or down, position. Each member of the landing gear is protected in the forward direction by a hydrodynamic protector, or vane, or shoe, such as may tend to create lift when brought into engagement with water, as during landing. The landing gear protector vanes may be mounted to move with extension and retraction of the landing gear. The landing gear wheels may protrude to extend partially downwardly proud of the sole of the shoe. The landing gear actuator and transmission may operate all gear in concert. The shoes may include sacrificial wear members for ground engagement in the event of an inadvertent gear-up landing on terrain.

    AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200094950A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16580118

    申请日:2019-09-24

    IPC分类号: B64C25/26 B64C25/20

    摘要: An aircraft landing gear assembly having a reinstating geometry in which a lock link can be moved to assume a first locking condition to inhibit movement of a stay when a main strut is in a deployed condition and a second locking condition to inhibit movement of the main strut when in a stowed condition. An unlock actuator is coupled between a first element of the stay and the lock link such that the actuator can break the lock link from the first locking condition and force it to assume the second locking condition by operational force in a single direction.

    AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR COMPONENT
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200086979A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-19

    申请号:US16571767

    申请日:2019-09-16

    发明人: Matthew Sexton

    IPC分类号: B64C25/20 B64C25/00

    摘要: An aircraft landing gear component having first and second base members, separated along a first longitudinal axis, a plurality of first parallel hoops, each first hoop lying along the first longitudinal axis and aligned in a plane oriented at a first non-zero angle to the first longitudinal axis, and a plurality of second parallel hoops, each second hoop lying along the first longitudinal axis and aligned in a plane oriented at a second non-zero angle to the first longitudinal axis, the second non-zero angle being different from the first non-zero angle, wherein each of the first hoops intersects with and is fixed to at least one of the second hoops, and wherein each of the second hoops intersects with and is fixed to at least one of the first hoops, such that the first and second hoops form a rigid structure extending between the first and second base members.