A modular aircraft landing gear assembly is disclosed having a modular landing gear bracket, connectable to an aircraft via a hinge portion, a lever for carrying a wheel, and a linkage assembly for transmitting ground loads via a spring and/or a shock absorber. The bracket comprises structure which redundant when used on an aircraft of a first type but which is necessary for use of the same type of bracket on a different type of aircraft. The modular landing gear assembly may thus provide a design platform from which landing gear assemblies can be readily designed and manufactured for use on different types of aircraft with faster and/or easier redesign and/or recertification of the aircraft landing gear assembly for such subsequently designed types of aircraft.
MODULAR LANDING GEAR
2021-08-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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