Aircraft landing gear shock absorber assembly
AssigneeSafran Landing Systems UK LTD
InventorRicky Peter Mansfield
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Abstract
An aircraft landing gear shock absorber assembly having: an outer cylinder having a bore which extends into the outer cylinder, the bore defining an opening in the outer cylinder; a sliding tube having a first end region slidably coupled within the bore and a second end region which projects out of opening; a ground fitting distinct from the sliding tube; and a mechanical fixing arranged to mechanically couple the ground fitting to the second end region of the sliding tube, wherein the sliding tube comprises a tubular body portion formed from a ceramic coated fibre composite tube.
Claims10
An aircraft landing gear assembly comprising:
- an aircraft landing gear shock absorber assembly comprising:
- an outer cylinder having a bore which extends into the outer cylinder, the bore defining an opening in the outer cylinder;
- a sliding tube comprising a first end region slidably coupled within the bore and a second end region which projects out of the opening;
- a ground fitting distinct from the sliding tube;
- a mechanical fixing arranged to mechanically couple the ground fitting to the second end region of the sliding tube, wherein the sliding tube comprises a tubular body portion formed from a ceramic coated fibre composite tube;
- a main pivot bearing formation via which the shock absorber assembly is arranged to be pivotally coupled to an aircraft to move between a deployed condition and a stowed condition;
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- a ground contacting formation coupled to the ground fitting such that the aircraft landing gear assembly is capable to absorb landing loads and support the weight of the aircraft when the aircraft is on the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.