A powered landing gear includes a housing member and a telescoping leg member connected with the housing member, an internal gear assembly located within the housing member is configured to extend and retract the leg member. A shaft extends into the housing member and is connected with the internal gear assembly, where the internal gear assembly includes a ring gear arranged to rotate about an axis that is transverse to the telescopic orientation of the leg member with the internal gear assembly configured to operate in a high speed setting and a low speed setting, and with the internal gear assembly automatically shifting from the high speed setting to the low speed setting. A drive system is attached to the housing member and includes a drive motor and a drive gear, with the drive motor configured to operatively drive the shaft via the drive gear.
POWERED LANDING GEAR
2015-08-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60D Fahrzeugverbindungen , VEHICLE CONNECTIONS |