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US 10,590,982 B2Granted
Thin-skin side stay beams and landing gear assemblies
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorRichard A. Himmelmann
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Abstract
A thin-skin side-stay beam may include an upper arm with thin skin and a mating flange extending longitudinally from the thin skin. A lower arm may also have a thin skin and a mating flange extending longitudinally from the lower arm. A joint may include a pin and/or a bushing extending through the mating flanges to pivotally couple the upper arm to the lower arm. The upper arm and/or the lower arm may include one or more internal walls defining one or more internal cavities.
Claims7
An arm of a thin-skin side-stay beam, comprising:
- a thin skin elongated in a longitudinal direction with a first mating flange extending from a first longitudinal end of the thin skin and a second mating flange extending from a second longitudinal end of the thin skin;
- a first internal wall extending longitudinally within the thin skin, wherein the thin skin and the first internal wall define a first triangular cavity;
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- a second internal wall extending longitudinally within the thin skin, wherein the thin skin, the first internal wall, and the second internal wall define a rectangular cavity, wherein the thin skin and the second internal wall define a second triangular cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.