Noise-reducing aircraft landing gear tow bar fitting
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsNavid Daneshvaran, Takao Suzuki, Nicholas J. Moffitt, Nicholas Toon, Michael Lewis McGillivray
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Abstract
A tow bar fitting for towing an aircraft is disclosed. The tow bar fitting includes a mount, a pin support, and a tow pin. The mount includes an upper attachment and a lower attachment for affixing the tow bar fitting to a landing gear of the aircraft. The pin support extends from the mount away from the landing gear. The tow pin is positioned in the pin support such that a tow pin plane that horizontally bisects the tow pin is lower than a mount plane that horizontally bisects the upper attachment and the lower attachment when the aircraft is right-side-up on the ground.
Claims20
A tow bar fitting for towing an aircraft, comprising:
- a mount including an upper attachment and a lower attachment for affixing the tow bar fitting to a landing gear of the aircraft;
- a pin support extending from the mount away from the landing gear;
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- a tow pin positioned in the pin support such that a tow pin plane that horizontally bisects the tow pin is lower than a mount plane that horizontally bisects the upper attachment and the lower attachment when the aircraft is right-side-up on the ground.
A tow bar fitting for towing an aircraft, comprising:
- a mount for affixing the tow bar fitting to a strut of a landing gear of the aircraft;
- a pin support extending from the mount at a downward angle away from the strut when the aircraft is right-side-up on the ground;
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- a tow pin positioned in the pin support.
A landing gear for an aircraft, comprising:
- a strut;
- an axle extending laterally from the strut and configured to support a first wheel and a second wheel;
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- a tow bar assembly positioned on the strut between the first wheel and the second wheel, the tow bar assembly including:
- a pin support extending at a downward angle away from the strut;
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- a tow pin positioned in the pin support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.