A side articulating main landing gear assembly for an aircraft which includes a wheel axle fitting oriented in a horizontal plane when the landing gear assembly is in an extended condition deployed from a landing gear bay of the aircraft, a shock absorber adapted to stroke between an extended state and a compressed state upon landing the aircraft, a first linkage for maintaining a tire supported on the wheel axle fitting in a substantially vertical plane as the shock absorber strokes between the extended state and the compressed state, and a second linkage for maintaining the wheel axle fitting in the horizontal plane as the shock absorber strokes between the extended state and the compressed state. The first and second linkages are adapted and configured to minimize lateral tire scuffing during shock absorber stroking.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Vertically retracting side articulating landing gear for aircraft


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2015-12-08


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



    VERTICALLY RETRACTING SIDE ARTICULATING LANDING GEAR FOR AIRCRAFT

    ACKS JAMES / MARTIN DENNIS W | European Patent Office | 2016

    Free access

    ARTICULATING TRUSS CONFIGURATION FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR

    ACKS JAMES P | European Patent Office | 2023

    Free access

    Articulating truss configuration for aircraft landing gear

    ACKS JAMES | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access

    ARTICULATING TRUSS CONFIGURATION FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR

    ACKS JAMES | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access

    ARTICULATING TRUSS CONFIGURATION FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR

    ACKS JAMES | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access