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US 11,242,137 B2Granted
Lock and aircraft landing gear assembly
AssigneeSafran Landing Systems UK LTD
InventorIan Robert Bennett
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Abstract
A mechanical lock for a vehicle assembly such as an aircraft landing gear assembly. The lock is either pivotally mounted and substantially mass balanced, or part of an aircraft landing gear assembly and arranged to be mechanically operated from the ground by a mechanical actuation device.
Claims13
An aircraft landing gear assembly comprising:
- a pivotally mounted first part including a first engagement surface which defines a swept volume as the first part moves;
- a pivotally mounted second part including a second engagement surface, the second part being movable between:
- a locked condition, in which the second engagement surface is within a locking region of the swept volume for engagement with the first engagement surface to inhibit movement of the first part;
- and
- an unlocked condition, in which the second engagement surface is outside of the locking region of the swept volume;
- and
- a member comprising a pair of lugs disposed in a parallel relationship with a space between them, each lug defining a hole, the holes being coaxially aligned;
- wherein the second part includes first and second bearing portions with a locking portion between them, the locking portion defining the second engagement surface, the second part being configured to be inserted into and mounted within the lug holes with the first bearing portion rotatable within a first one of the pair of lugs, the second bearing portion rotatable within a second one of the pair of lugs and the locking portion being disposed in the space between the lugs, wherein the locking portion has a first maximum radius not greater than a second maximum radius of at least one of the first and second bearing portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.